GeLuft - Quantification of health benefits of the new Air Quality Guidelines of the World Health Organisation in Switzerland

In Switzerland, the outdoor air pollution of various air pollutants is regulated by immission limit values in the Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (OAPC). The current limit values of the OAPC are in line with the Air Quality Guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHOAQG in English) of 2005.…

01.03.2023 - 31.08.2023
Short term service project
Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU)
Physical Hazards and Health
Alberto Castro Fernández
GKV21 - Methodology revision of true costs of transport

The external costs and benefits of transport have been regularly calculated and published by the Federal Office for Spatial Development for over 15 years for all modes of transport (road, rail, air and waterborne). These figures form an important basis for determining the level of the…

01.09.2022 - 30.06.2024
Short term service project
Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung (ARE)
Physical Hazards and Health
Martin Röösli
GOLIAT - 5G Exposure, Causal Effects, and Risk Perception through Citizen Engagement

There is few knowledge about potential health effects of everyday-emerging applications of wireless technology. The importance of this concern is more remarkable among young people and workers, the most sensitive and exposed groups, respectively. In GOLIAT (5G expOsure, causaL effects, and rIsk…

01.06.2022 - 31.05.2027
Research project
European Commission (EU) / Horizon Europe , Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU)
Environmental Exposures and Health
Martin Röösli
ETAIN - Exposure to Electromagnetic FIelds and Planetary Health

The ETAIN (Exposure To electromAgnetic fIelds and plaNetary health) project takes a planetary health perspective to develop and validate approaches to assess the impact of existing and novel wireless technologies. Within ETAIN, an open-access RF-EMF exposure app for smartphones is being designed…

01.06.2022 - 31.05.2027
Research project
European Commission (EU) / Horizon Europe
Environmental Exposures and Health
Martin Röösli
BILD cohort - Air Pollution and Effects on Lung Functional Development and Respiratory Morbidity in At-Risk Infants

Studies in countries with high levels of air pollution have shown that exposure to certain air pollutants can lead to impaired lung growth and the development of asthma.
Even low levels of air pollution during pregnancy can have an impact on an infant's lung function shortly after birth. We want to…

01.01.2022 - 31.12.2025
Observational study
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) / Project Funding
Physical Hazards and Health
Kees de Hoogh , Martin Röösli
TraNQuIL2 - Toward prevention of health effects from acute and chronic noise exposure

Epidemiological research in the last decade has revealed associations between various cardiometabolic diseases and road, railway and aircraft noise. However, still little is known about mental health effects and most effective interventions to reduce health burden from transportation noise exposure.

01.08.2021 - 31.07.2025
Research project
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Environmental Exposures and Health, Physical Hazards and Health, Environmental Exposure Modelling
Martin Röösli
SwissNIS consortium - Electromagnetic fields exposure monitoring in Switzerland

Use of electricity is accompanied with extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic and electric fields. Communication devices are emitting radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF). Thus, the population is exposed in their everyday life to numerous EMF sources emitting different frequencies and…

01.03.2021 -
Research project
Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU)
Physical Hazards and Health
Martin Röösli
QHIAS - Quantification of Health Impact of Air pollution in Switzerland

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health impact assessment (HIA) as “a combination of procedures, methods and tools by which a policy, programme or project may be judged as to its potential effects on the health of a population, and the distribution of those effects within the population”.…

01.03.2021 - 30.09.2023
Research project
Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU)
Environmental Exposures and Health, Physical Hazards and Health
Nino Künzli , Martin Röösli , Alberto Castro Fernández
Assessment of health effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields: systematic reviews

The Radiation Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO) has an ongoing project to assess potential health effects of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) in the general and working population. Based on an international expert survey on potential adverse health outcomes…

10.02.2020 -
Short term service project
World Health Organization (WHO)
Environmental Exposures and Health
Martin Röösli
Heat and health: The effect of heat islands, green space and other factors

Numerous studies have reported an association between high ambient temperatures and mortality or morbidity. In this project, we aim to assess the effect of various environmental and socio-demographic factors that may modify these associations. A better understanding of how urban heat islands,…

01.01.2019 - 31.12.2021
Research project
Service de la santé publique (SSP) , Gruppo operativo salute e ambiente (GOSA) , Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) / Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG)
Environmental Exposures and Health, Physical Hazards and Health
Martina Ragettli