Hillion (Côtes-d'Armor)
On the immense beach where hectares of white sand should extend, today we can see an off-white valley tinged with a disquieting green to say the least.
“It's whitewashed by the sun, but look!”
Says Yves-Marie Le Lay.
A little kick, and here comes a carpet of foul-smelling green algae.
Half a centimeter below this layer, a blackish muddy deposit, with the hints of rotten eggs, which makes your head spin.
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"100ppm
(parts per million, editor's note)!
With that, our sensor saturates and cannot go any further: in just a few steps, we can already see the level of danger in the area. ”
This Wednesday afternoon, on the beach of Grandville, in Hillion (Côtes-d'Armor), Yves-Marie Le Lay, boots on and gas mask on his head, took measurements of hydrogen sulphide (H2S), toxic gas, highly harmful and even fatal in certain doses, resulting from the putrefaction of green algae.
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