Feedback on environmental health training: an indispensable way of reducing the day-to-day risk from chemicals in indoor environments

In contrast to pollution of outdoor air, indoor air remained relatively little understood by the general public until the start of the 2000s. Various national environmental health plans highlighted a real desire by public authorities to reduce the exposure that French people have to indoor air pollution. All environmental health actors now agree on the recommendations to reduce the source of emissions of toxic substances, as well as better air circulation indoors. However, there is an additional lever that can be used, that of training and information. These are equally important to enable everyone to understand environmental health issues, and consciously reduce health risks as part of a comprehensive "One Health" approach. Now more than ever, it is essential to continue prevention, promotion and awareness raising activities in environmental health with establishments open to young people (whether they have been made aware of this or not). Certain parameters which are internal or external to these facilities (such as Covid-19) may harm previous initiatives to create change.