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"Breathing kills": demonstration against air pollution in Marseille

2022-06-11T16:50:19.986Z


“Breathing kills”: behind this slogan, a hundred people demonstrated against air pollution on Saturday in Marseille, in particular at the call...


"

Breathing kills

": behind this slogan, a hundred people demonstrated against air pollution on Saturday in Marseille, in particular at the call of Extinction Rebellion, denouncing a "

deadly system of society

" which would lead to some 2,500 premature deaths every year in the city.

Read alsoHow air pollution affects brain function

In the wake of "

XR

" and about fifteen citizen collectives engaged in the fight for the protection of the environment, the demonstrators, gathered next to the Town Hall, on the Old Port, notably carried out a “

die in

”, dressed in black and sometimes equipped with gas masks, lying on the ground to illustrate the human lives sacrificed by air pollution.

"

2500 people, it's like a small neighborhood that disappears every year

", denounced ''Nerf-Pique'', representative of Extinction Rebellion and the Collective stop cruises, during a speech.

According to the European Environment Agency, Marseille greatly exceeds the regulatory limits in terms of nitrogen dioxide emissions, set at 40 µg/m3, with annual average rates of 79 µg/m3.

Among the demonstrators on Saturday, many came from the northern districts of the city, the most affected by this problem, such as Charles Chenut, president of Cap au Nord.

Regarding fine particle pollution, he said, "

all WHO thresholds have been exploded in the northern districts

", close to cruise ship docks and shipyards, but also to the highway and polluting industries.

The Regional Health Agency has recognized in recent years "

an environment that promotes health risks

" in these neighborhoods.

In the Marseille metropolis, emissions of nitrogen oxides of maritime origin - 20% of which are due to cruise ships - exceeded road emissions for the first time in 2018, according to the AtmoSud organization.

If they see in the electrification of the quays and the tightening of the rules in terms of sulfur emissions from ships an improvement, the activists deplore "

the diversion strategies of the companies, which for example to continue to use heavy fuel oil put particulate filters, and thus reject their emissions at sea

”, explains Chantal Rouet, of the collective “

Respirer tue

”.

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Saturday's action brought together very different movements, from Greenpeace or Alternatiba to Marseille neighborhood committees, and should "

have a follow

-up", said Marie-Blanche Chamoulaud, from the federation of CIQs (neighborhood interest committees) of the 16th arrondissement.

When we are isolated we go around in circles, getting together gives us the opportunity to think differently

”, she judged with enthusiasm.

Source: lefigaro

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