A complaint against X was filed after the revelations of a journalistic investigation into the presence in Pierre-Bénite, near Lyon, in the chemical valley, of perfluorines suspected of being carcinogenic, AFP learned on Friday May 27 with Mayor Jérôme Moroge.
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This complaint for endangering the lives of others in this town located south of Lyon aims, according to Jérôme Moroge, to "
shed light on the situation
" after the revelations of the program Envoyé Spécial, broadcast on May 12 on France 2. In this report produced in Pierre-Bénite, near the Arkema factory, journalist Martin Boudot took samples of water, air, soil and breast milk himself, analyzed in a laboratory in the Netherlands, and which contained perfluorinated levels above various thresholds.
“Eternal pollutants”
Sometimes called “
eternal pollutants
”, perfluorinated (PFC) and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) compounds are a family of synthetic chemical compounds comprising more than 4,700 molecules, some of which are suspected of having an impact on health.
However, in France, certain perfluorinated compounds are not covered by standards.
PFAS must be included in the health analyzes of drinking water
by 2026. as bad in 2022
,” added Jérôme Moroge.
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“
We have been told for years that perfluorides are only in water, but the journalist's readings clearly show that there are also some in the ground and in the air.
So who lied to us and why?
“asked the city councilor, who, with mayors of neighboring municipalities, contacted design offices to take new samples.
The day after the broadcast of the report, the prefecture specified in a press release that the DREAL did not have “
the detailed methodology used during this investigation
”.
After having had a series of controls carried out on the waters of the Rhône since March, the prefect of the Rhône Pascal Mailhos issued two decrees on Tuesday in order to strengthen the controls of perfluorines in the liquid discharges from the Arkema and Daikin chemical plants, south of Lyon.
Without waiting for the control of PFAS in drinking water by 2026 and "
in application of the precautionary principle, the ARS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes will implement monitoring of PFAS in raw water, treated and distributed, by the summer of 2022, for feed water from the catchment fields of Grigny and Ternay
", he added.
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According to the prefecture, “
at this stage of the analyses
”, the ARS “
does not recommend restricting the consumption of supply water
” in this sector.
Interviewed recently on France 3, the director of the Arkema site in Pierre-Bénite, Pierre Clouzier had declared that he did not "
dispute
" having rejected these chemical compounds, in particular Pfunda, but "
we do not understand because today, these products, we don't use them, we don't produce them
".
