6. The 4th National Environmental Health Plan (2020-2024)

The aim of the 4th National Environmental Health Plan (PNSE) is to act on our environment and our health by limiting exposure and the risks involved, and by informing and raising awareness among the general public.

The document comprises 19 actions, the ninth of which is entitled "Prevention and action in areas affected by soil pollution". .

In France, nearly 7,000 sites have been identified as polluted or potentially polluted by past or present human activities (industrial pollution, pollution linked to defense activities, pollution linked to the use of radioactive materials for civilian or military purposes, commercial and urban wastelands, former railway sites, former mining...