With the current excavation works and soil transports for Oosterweel, the severe contamination of local soil and groundwater with persistent, toxic and bio-accumulative chemical substances threatens to spread even further. The environmental movement demands a sustainable solution for the long-standing […]
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Over the past ten years, 3M Belgium has paid its shareholders over 225 million euros in dividends. This amount is in stark contrast to the amounts that 3M provides for the remediation of the heavily PFOS-contaminated industrial sites in Zwijndrecht.
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Toxic soil 3M factory Researchers and authorities have known for years that a toxic substance was in the soil near the Flemish Zwijndrecht. Residents were never informed. 25.06.2021 | nrc› Anouk van Kampen Read the full article in the newspaper…
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The contamination with the non-biodegradable chemical PFOS in Zwijndrecht, which came to light due to the Oosterweel works, set a ball rolling that has already led to precautionary measures in Mechelen, Willebroek and around every fire brigade training ground. PFOS
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A large part of the European population is said to ingest more PFAS daily than is safe according to the standards recently calculated by the European Food Safety Authority EFSA. This is partly due to drinking water that contains excessively high concentrations of these harmful chemicals. Main culprit
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Making the chemical company 3M financially responsible for cleaning up the PFOS pollution is much easier said than done, says environmental law expert Isabelle Larmuseau. 'Flanders has already seriously messed up by letting this pollution drag on for so long.' 23.06.2021
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The average PFOS content in Flemish streams, rivers and canals peaks above environmental standards at numerous measuring points. Up to 110 times more. This is evident from measurements at forty locations carried out by the Flemish Environment Agency, as reported by VRT. 'Everywhere we
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Power politician, manager without compassion and mandate champion. There are more politicians who can be described like this, but Koen Kennis, the Antwerp alderman responsible for Mobility and Finance, among other things, sits on a great many chairs at the same time in the PFOS dossier.
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Dear Mayor,
Dear members of the city council,
Dear members of the municipal council,
We are writing this letter to you on behalf of an ever-growing group of concerned residents of Antwerp, the beautiful city that we have entrusted to you with complete confidence. We are writing to you because we are concerned about the pollution of our city with PFOS and the consequences for the health of all Antwerp residents. But we are writing to you mainly because we have the impression that at 't Schoon Verdiep, in contrast to outside, there is still no sense of urgency about this problem. Seen from the left bank, it remains quiet on the other side, and so we feel abandoned.
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PFOS is just one of many hazardous substances that are measured in far too high concentrations in water, soil, humans and animals. Flanders only drew up a PFAS action plan in 2019, while the problems with these types of substances have been around for more than
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