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INTEGRANO

UNIMIB is coordinator of a new Horizon Europe project: INTEGRANO (GA. 101138414).

In line with the current guidelines for Safe and Sustainable by Design – SSbD chemicals and materials, INTEGRANO proposes a general assessment approach based on quantitative evidence to be applied in practice for specific Nano Materials (NMs) design cases.
INTEGRANO ambition is to set the basis for a new paradigm based on standardised frameworks and by creating suitable NMs datasets as well as Nanospecific impact categories of NMs through their Life Cycle Stages (LCS), applied to specific design cases assessment.

12 partners from 8 different countries participate in the Integrano Project. This network allows for different expertises and skills within the project, which complement and support each other.

For further information visit INTEGRANO page, the website INTEGRANO – INTEGRANO or the Linkedin page.

New Article published!

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New Article published!

What is the connection between pollution and COVID19?

The POLARIS “Health and Environmental Sustainability” Research Centre has demonstrated how air pollution can play a crucial role in the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the resulting severity of the COVID-19 disease. The study, recently published in the journal Environment International, paves the way for a greater understanding of how atmospheric particulate matter can influence and facilitate the possibility of contracting respiratory diseases transmitted by viruses or bacteria and provides fundamental information to understand how the population responds to the same threat depending on the quality of the environment in which it lives.

To find out more, read the interview with our researchers, edited by the press office of the University of Milan-Bicocca.

Further information on Environment International:

Marchetti S, Gualtieri M, Pozzer A, Lelieveld J, Saliu F, Hansell AL, Colombo A, Mantecca P. On fine particulate matter and COVID-19 spread and severity: An in vitro toxicological plausible mechanism.