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TecnATox, in collaboration with ISGlobal and CSIC-IDAEA, have recently initiated the project AiguaBCN: The first map of the quality of tap water in Barcelona, funded by the programme Barcelona Ciència.
AiguaBCN will build a map of the emerging pollutants concentrations in tap water and will assess the potential health effects.
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David Ventura will defend his doctoral thesis on 21st February 2020, at 11.00am in Aula 205 (videoconferences) of the Faculty of Education and Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
Title: "Evaluació de un programa de entrenamiento basado en Mindfulness: Efectos psicológicos, neuropsicológicos y emocionales" (Evaluation of a training program based on Mindfulness: Psychological, Neuropsychological and emotional effects).
Supervisors: Dr. Paloma Vicens and Dr. Luis Heredia
There is an increasing concern for the potential health risks of living close to the petrochemical complex of Tarragona. This concern is not new, but now is a hot topic due to the recent accident in Iqoxe. Diari de Tarragona took advantage of this to interview Prof. Domingo.
We invite you to read the full press release here.
TecnATox will assess if living near to the chemical complex of Tarragona is correleted with the incidence of certain diseases, such as allergies, respiratory problems, etc, through the identification of biomarkers. You can read the fill press release here.
The development of this project was already planned, but due the explosion of last Tuesday January 14, the self-funded study will start immediately.
