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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.

Prof. Domingo, founder of TecnATox, has recently been interviewed by Le Monde. The reason of the interview was the accident of Iqoxe that occurred in the chemical complex of Tarragona the last January 14th. You can read the full press release in the following link.

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.

TecnATox wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year full of personal and professional achivements.

We thank you for being here and wish new collaborations in 2020.

The Catalan Water Partnership, with the suport of Institut de Recerca de l'Aigua and ACCIÓ, have organized the first edition of the Water Talks, entitled "Els microplàstics: Problemàtica, projectes actuals, reptes i tendències en el futur", in english Microplastics: the problem, current research, challenges and future trends).

Prof. Marta Schuhmacher, director of TecnATox, participated in the round table where challenges and future trends of microplastics will be discussed.

The event took place last December 11 at "Sala Antiga de Graus" of the Faculty of Physics, Universitat de Barcelona (UB).

One more year, Dr. Noemí Serra and Dr. Roser Esplugas will participate in the divulgative talks of La Marató. La Marató is a solidarity event organized annually by the Public Catalan TV (TV3) and the "La Marató de TV3 Fundation". This year, all funds will go the research projects focused on minority diseases.

Seven initiatives by researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili received a grant of the Research to Bussiness program organized by the URV, through the Foundation's valorisation unit, to promote initiatives that favor the arrival to market of knowledge and technologies developed in the University.

IN-NOVAPlàstics, a proposal presented by Prof. Marta Schuhmacher aimed at integrating innovative techniques to assess the quantity of micro- and nanoplastics in environmental samples, is one out of the seven awarded projects.