Funding (ICMUB): 120 000 €
Duration: oct. 2022 – 38 months
Scientific leader ICMUB: Anthony ROMIEU
Summary
Environmental pollution by cyanides and organic cyanide compounds is still a very current issue. Indeed, their use in several sectors of industry is indispensable but these activities (even if they are theoretically carried out within a well-defined regulatory framework) combined with deviant behavior (e.g., voluntary discharges, chemical terrorism) pose heavy threats to humans, groundwater and ecosystems. Therefore, the detection and measurement of these toxic pollutants are regularly carried out to verify that their levels are below those set by national legislation and/or international standards. Access to efficient, easy-to-use and inexpensive environmental analysis equipment is therefore essential. This is the context of this research project, which aims to develop an innovative fluorescence detection system for cyanide ions, which should enable two distinct objectives to be achieved.
Objective 1 (ADEME): to obtain a selective fluorescent chemical dosimeter for cyanide ions, to carry out environmental analyses on polluted site (water, soil samples) in a simple, easy-to-use format that can be implemented with a compact and portable fluorometer.
Objective 2 (AID/DGA): carry out the selective detection of tabun, an organophosphorus neurotoxicant bearing a cyanide as reactive leaving group.
Total funding: 504 600 €
Partners:
- Pierre-Yves RENARD (Institut CARMeN, UMR CNRS 6064 – Université de Rouen Normandie)
- Florian NACHON & Xavier BRAZZOLOTTO (IRBA, division “Défense NRBC”, Département toxicologie et risques chimiques, Brétigny-sur-Orge)
- Michel CHALOT (Laboratoire Chrono-environnement, UMR CNRS 6249, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur, Montbéliard)