Chemical producer 3M from Zwijndrecht was fined 7,500 euros at the end of last year for excessively high PFOS concentrations in discharged rainwater. This was confirmed by the Antwerp public prosecutor's office and the Department of Environment. The violation of the standard for PFOS occurred in 2019. The […]
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Researchers have known for years that there were huge quantities of the toxic substance pfos (from the pfas category) in the soil near the Flemish Zwijndrecht, but the government never raised the alarm. Now there is an uproar, but not all
PFOS The soil around the Flemish Zwijndrecht contains up to 26 times more PFOS than the standard. The government has been aware of this since 2017, reports VRT. 17.06.2021 | nrc› Majda Ouhajji
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The site of the American chemical company 3M in Zwijndrecht emitted large quantities of HFC-23 for years. This is an extremely heavy greenhouse gas. The additional emission of more than 120 tons of (mainly) HFC-23 that was 'suddenly' detected in 2019 is the equivalent of 1.78
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The Flemish Parliament unanimously gave the green light for the first Flemish parliamentary inquiry committee in 21 years. The PFOS pollution at 3M in Zwijndrecht contains all the ingredients of a classic Belgian scandal: economic interests clash with public health, a government company (Lantis) is involved
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In one year, more than 15,000 tons of foreign waste containing PFAS was incinerated in the Antwerp waste processing company Indaver. This is evident from figures from Flemish Minister of the Environment Zuhal Demir, which were requested by Groen MP Mieke Schauvliege. 'Without knowing how much PFAS was so
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The newspapers in Flanders were full of it in recent weeks: heavily polluted soil and groundwater in and around Zwijndrecht, Antwerp. What is going on, what needs to be done and who is going to pay for it? We list a number of
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Within a radius of ten kilometres around the 3M factory in Zwijndrecht, it is not recommended to eat eggs from your own chickens or vegetables from your own garden. In Menen in West Flanders and surrounding municipalities, this has been the case for eighteen years
More than 15% of the more than 420 Flemish teenagers examined have too high a mix of four so-called perfluorinated compounds or PFAS in their blood. This is evident from a recent update of the Flemish Human Biomonitoring Program. A calculation last year, based on
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Although the substance has been around for decades, hardly anyone in Flanders had heard of PFOS until recently. The company premises of manufacturer 3M in Zwijndrecht and the surrounding grounds are contaminated with tons of the chemical waste. With serious risks
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