French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)
Health risks are a part of our everyday lives; we can be exposed whether we are eating, working or simply breathing. Climate and technological changes and our societal choices have also led to the emergence of new threats to humans and the environment, both in France and abroad. Every day, ANSES works in the public interest to mobilise science and make the world a safer and healthier place for us all.
More than 1400 women and men, based at 16 sites throughout France, work together on a daily basis to address a wide range of risks to human health and the environment. To assess them, it calls on independent and robust scientific expertise. Its work is used for public decision-making in response to societal concerns and situations of uncertainty.
ANSES provides the scientific benchmarks needed to protect us from health risks related to food, the environment and the workplace, or from risks affecting the health of animals and plants. An agency of scientific expertise, it monitors and assesses these health risks, and devotes research activities to them. It helps advance scientific knowledge to support public decision-makers, including during health crises.
The independence of ANSES and of the people taking part in its work is essential to the quality, legitimacy and credibility of its scientific expert appraisals. ANSES set up an ethics system on its founding, which went beyond its legal obligations. This applies to both its staff and external contributors, and covers the work carried out and the Agency's relations with interested parties.
For more information, please visit ANSES website: www.anses.fr/en
