• France's biggest health disaster: asbestos
    Nov 20 2024

    What do talc products, packaging, machines, France and Ancient Greece have in common? Asbestos.

    Today we will talk about the biggest health catastrophe in the history of France : the asbestos health scandal.

    Main sources:

    • L'amiante : un sujet toujours d'actualité - Anses https://www.anses.fr/fr/content/l%E2%80%99amiante%C2%A0-un-sujet-toujours-d%E2%80%99actualit%C3%A9
    • Amiante. Ce qu'il faut retenir - Risques - INRS https://www.inrs.fr/risques/amiante/ce-qu-il-faut-retenir.html
    • Le drame de l'amiante en France : comprendre, mieux réparer, en tirer des leçons pour l'avenir (rapport) : https://www.senat.fr/rap/r05-037-1/r05-037-1.html
    • Cours "Droit Public Interne", Master 2 DSSAE 2022-2023, Mme BRIMO


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    8 mins
  • El mayor desastre sanitario en Francia: el amianto
    Nov 17 2024

    ¿Que tienen los productos de talco , los envases, las maquinas, Francia y Grecia Antigua en común ? El amianto.

    Hoy hablaremos de la mayor catástrofe sanitaria en la historia de Francia : el escándalo sanitario del amianto.


    Fuentes principales:

    • L'amiante : un sujet toujours d'actualité - Anses https://www.anses.fr/fr/content/l%E2%80%99amiante%C2%A0-un-sujet-toujours-d%E2%80%99actualit%C3%A9
    • Amiante. Ce qu'il faut retenir - Risques - INRS https://www.inrs.fr/risques/amiante/ce-qu-il-faut-retenir.html
    • Le drame de l'amiante en France : comprendre, mieux réparer, en tirer des leçons pour l'avenir (rapport) : https://www.senat.fr/rap/r05-037-1/r05-037-1.html


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    10 mins
  • Invisible but lethal: the perpetual chemicals
    Nov 12 2024

    An invisible and indestructible substance sounds great, right? Not so much if it is harmful to human health. Today we are going to talk about perpetual chemicals.


    Main sources:

    • Where Are We On PFAS Protection in West Virginia? https://www.conservewv.org/where-are-we-on-pfas-protection-in-west-virginia/
    • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) https://dep.wv.gov/key-issues/Pages/PFAS.aspx
    • Dark Waters: el multimillonario escándalo en el que Dupont fue ... https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-51779863
    • ⁠https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/⁠
    • the case of water contamination in the Veneto Region, Italy https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/9789289052467
    • Los PFAS y cómo afectan a la salud | Public Health Madison & Dane ... https://publichealthmdc.com/es/salud-ambiental/peligros-ambientales/pfas/los-pfas-y-como-afectan-a-la-salud
    • Belgian town living through 'forever chemical' pollution nightmare https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/03/13/residents-of-belgian-town-living-through-nightmare-of-forever-chemical-pollution
    • PFAS in Flanders https://www.vlaanderen.be/en/pfas-in-flanders
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    17 mins
  • Invisibles pero letales: los químicos perpetuos
    Nov 10 2024

    Una sustancia invisible e indestructible suena genial, verdad? No tanto si es nociva para la salud humana. Hoy vamos a hablar sobre los químicos perpetuos.


    Fuentes principales:

    • Where Are We On PFAS Protection in West Virginia? https://www.conservewv.org/where-are-we-on-pfas-protection-in-west-virginia/
    • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) https://dep.wv.gov/key-issues/Pages/PFAS.aspx
    • Dark Waters: el multimillonario escándalo en el que Dupont fue ... https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-51779863
    • https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/
    • the case of water contamination in the Veneto Region, Italy https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/9789289052467
    • Los PFAS y cómo afectan a la salud | Public Health Madison & Dane ... https://publichealthmdc.com/es/salud-ambiental/peligros-ambientales/pfas/los-pfas-y-como-afectan-a-la-salud
    • Belgian town living through 'forever chemical' pollution nightmare https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/03/13/residents-of-belgian-town-living-through-nightmare-of-forever-chemical-pollution
    • PFAS in Flanders https://www.vlaanderen.be/en/pfas-in-flanders
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    18 mins
  • “Everything went well with your operation” : what is forced sterilization
    Nov 8 2024

    What if you woke up, alone, in a hospital bed, operated on, but not knowing why?

    For many women, this sounds quite familiar, as it reminds them of a devastating experience: forced sterilization.



    Main sources:


    • https://elpais.com/sociedad/2023-05-31/mujeres-con-discapacidad-esterilizadas-a-la-fuerza-me-operaron-sin-explicarme-nada-me-han-destruido.html
    • https://www.ohchr.org/es/stories/2017/11/sterilization-form-systemic-violence-against-girls-disabilities
    • https://es.euronews.com/2023/06/19/el-sueno-incumplido-de-ser-madre-por-practicas-discutidas-en-el-seno-de-la-union-europe
    • https://www.france24.com/es/programas/escala-en-par%C3%ADs/20241018-el-proceso-truncado-para-lograr-justicia-por-las-esterilizaciones-forzadas-en-per%C3%BA
    • https://elpais.com/smoda/soraya-post-la-gitana-feminista-con-escano-en-la-eurocamara.html

    https://es.euronews.com/2023/06/08/su-crimen-era-ser-pobres-el-plan-eugenesico-que-mancha-la-historia-de-suecia

    • https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-56243650
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    9 mins
  • The global scientific threat: the history of biological warfare
    Nov 7 2024

    From its origins in antiquity to modern conflicts, today we explore how biological agents have been used as weapons of war throughout history.


    Main sources:

    • Biología y guerra: una perspectiva pragmática - SciELO Chile https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0719-42422019000200091&script=sci_arttext


    • Bioseguridad y armas biológicas: La amenaza de Andrómeda (1971) https://revistas.usal.es/cinco/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/download/13782/14197/48468


    • Tesis de grado - Repositorio Institucional Séneca https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/server/api/core/bitstreams/6316183b-9d4c-4786-b6c0-85ff42a208e1/content


    • Qué son las armas biológicas? Un recorrido por su utilización a lo largo de la historia bélica https://www.ucm.es/otri/noticias-que-son-las-armas-biologicas-un-recorrido-por-su-utilizacion-a-lo-largo-de-la-historia-belica


    • Artículo de divulgación: «La guerra biológica», por Conrado Rodríguez-Maffiotte Martín - Museos de Tenerife https://www.museosdetenerife.org/blog/articulo-de-divulgacion-la-guerra-biologica-por-conrado-rodriguez-maffiotte-martin/
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    9 mins
  • Infected blood: a French-style scandal
    Nov 6 2024

    France had one of the highest number of HIV positive cases in Europe in the 1990's. Who is to blame?


    Main sources:

    • Bran L, Palacios L, Posada IC, Bermúdez V. Concepto sociocultural del VIH y su impacto en la recepción de campañas de promoción de la salud en Medellín. Rev Cienc Salud. 2017;15(1):59-70. Doi: https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/revsalud/a.5378 (https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/revsalud/a.5378)


    • Un juicio histórico por contagio masivo de sida https://www.clarin.com/sociedad/juicio-historico-contagio-masivo-sida_0_HJ-MM8RlCKg.html


    • Scandale du sang contaminé : résumé, nombre de victimes https://actions-traitements.org/scandale-du-sang-contamine-resume-nombre-de-victimes/


    • Francia juzga el mayor escándalo sanitario de toda su historia https://hemeroteca-paginas.lavanguardia.com/LVE08/HEM/1992/06/22/LVG19920622-029.pdf


    • Cours du Droit Public Interne de M.Brimo, année 2022-2023, Section 1 : Sécurité sanitaire et produits de santé : Le sang contaminé
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    6 mins
  • Salmonella in your salad: what is bioterrorism?
    Nov 5 2024

    Could someone use a virus as a weapon in real life? And if the answer is yes, how would we protect ourselves?


    Main sources:

    • Bioterrorism - CDC Emergency Preparedness https://emergency.cdc.gov/bioterrorism/
    • History | Federal Select Agent Program https://www.selectagents.gov/overview/history.htm
    • Bioterrorism : A Public Health Perspective - PMC - NCBI https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC492253/
    • Bioterrorism - Interpol https://www.interpol.int/en/Crimes/Terrorism/Bioterorism
    • Muere el terrorista de las cartas con ántrax | Internacional - EL PAÍS https://elpais.com/diario/2008/08/02/internacional/1217628001_850215.html


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    6 mins