In the heart of Paris, sludge polluted with cement and plastic flowed out of a Lafarge cement plant located in the 12th arrondissement.
A video taken by an agent of the Approved Association for Fishing and Protection of the Aquatic Environment (AAPPMA) shows a concrete truck emptying its contents into a pierced tank, letting a whitish water flow into the Parisian river.
"At the level of fauna, flora and fish nutrition, it's an ecological disaster" denounces Jacques Lemoine of AAPPMA.
For him, this practice is old.
"Lafarge was aware and leaves the pools like that, the employees are no longer paying attention".
A complaint was lodged by the French biodiversity office for this environmental pollution, observations on the spot were carried out by the police and the file is now in the hands of justice, which has not yet pronounced any possible lawsuits.
In a press release, Lafarge refers to "a completely exceptional incident beyond its control" and claims to be "the victim of an obviously deliberate deterioration of a sealing plate which resulted in a temporary flow of recycled water into the Seine. .
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The first deputy mayor (PS) of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, denounced on Twitter "a slow pollution which is poisoning our river".
He announces that a complaint will be filed by the mayor of Paris.
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The company had been convicted in the context of an “appearance on prior admission of guilt” procedure.