En matiere d'environnement, les activites du BCR ont permis d'ameliorer sensiblement un certain nombre d'analyses relatives aux traces de metaux lourds ou de composes organiques (cancerigenes, pesticides), dont les resultats divergeaient considerablement entre les laboratoires, comme c'etait le cas pour la poudre de lait evoquee plus haut.
As regards the environment, the BCR's activities have produced significant improvements in a number of analyses relating to heavy-metal or organic-compound traces (carcinogens, pesticides) the results of which diverged considerably from one laboratory to another (as in the case of powdered milk referred to above).