The answers that Zuhal Demir (N-VA) demands in front of the camera, 3M should have given long ago. In particular, when the 'perpetual' environmental permit that the company received from the province of Antwerp was created in […]
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With the notice of default of the chemical company 3M, Flemish Minister Zuhal Demir has fired an important legal shot across the bow. According to experts, the environmental permit that 3M received is based on quicksand. 'The judge has no choice but to establish the illegality
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The American chemical company 3M, which is considered responsible for the historical PFOS pollution in Zwijndrecht and the surrounding area, must come to the PFOS investigation committee of the Flemish Parliament for a second time. 06.09.2021 | DS: mg Read the full article in the newspaper…
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Umbilical cord blood with higher levels of PFAS shows that teenagers fifteen years later are more likely to develop asthma and rhinitis. This is evident from a recent report by the Department of Environment of the Flemish government. Flemish teenagers also have more PFNA in their
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The expansion drive of the port of Antwerp knows no bounds. The Oosterweel connection, the construction of industrial areas along the Albert Canal and a petrochemical highway through the Kempen will absorb the bulk of the Flemish investment budget. Environmental standards seem to be too strict for polluting companies in the
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What is worse: illegally dumping chemical waste in the Scheldt or legally dumping chemical waste in the Scheldt? This question arises now that the illegal discharge of FBSA in the Scheldt by 3M has been restricted while the
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The Antwerp provincial executive granted a new environmental permit to 3M almost a year ago. The chemical company was not hindered in any way from expanding and dumping additional PFAS in the Scheldt. (12/08) is being tried in court
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The judge is not imposing any interim measures on Lantis, the developer of Oosterweel. Citizens' initiative Grondrecht, environmental activist Thomas Goorden and Greenpeace summoned Lantis in the context of the PFOS pollution. The lawsuit was initiated this morning. The judge decided to dismiss the case
This morning, the lawsuit filed by citizen initiative Grondrecht together with environmental activist Thomas Goorden and Greenpeace against Oosterweel developer Lantis was initiated in Antwerp. It was decided to start pleading the case on November 25. 12.08.2021 | ATV The judge
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The first day of the trial against developer Lantis will not take place until November 25. Grondrecht and Greenpeace had taken Lantis to court because, according to the plaintiffs, the company is not taking sufficient measures to prevent PFOS pollution during the construction.
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