A call for vigilance has been launched.
Small glass bottles with white powder were discovered on beaches in the country of Abers and the bay of Morlaix, Vigipol alerted this Tuesday.
“Several dozen bottles already seem to have washed up on the coasts of northern Finistère mainly,” warns the joint union for the protection of the Breton coastline.
These containers have a blue cap.
Their labels are “very degraded or even absent most of the time”, indicates Vigipol, cited by Ouest-France.
The nature and dangerousness of this white powder have not yet been identified.
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“No losses at sea of this type of cargo have been reported to the Cross.
Furthermore, State services on land such as Cedre (expert in accidental water pollution) have not been aware of any other reports of this type,” continues the Breton union.
Pending further information, Cedre advises not to touch these bottles and to call the firefighters in order to “secure the container and try to identify the nature of the product contained in order to identify the appropriate treatment channel ".
“The extent and origin of this pollution remains undetermined to date,” said the Vigipol press release.
The union asks anyone who finds one of these bottles, at sea or on the coast, to report them by telephone at 02 96 84 15 90 or by email at the address pollution@vigipol.org, attaching if possible Pictures.