The amount of PFAS in flatfish (flounder) in the eastern part of the Western Scheldt is more than 800 times higher than the standard for fish used by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. This is evident from an indicative study by Professor
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75,000 euros, that was the amount that was agreed between chemical factory 3M and Lantis, the consortium that would build Oosterweel. The two reached a settlement and that money had to ensure that Lantis would place the most polluted soil in a safety berm
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Three days after Apache's revelation about the PFAS smoke bomb with which chemical company 3M is slowly poisoning the Flemish groundwater, the enforcement department of the Flemish government's Department of Environment urged the chemical company to bring it to book. That
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Emails, internal memos and legal advice that Apache was able to access indicate that Lantis and chemical company 3M have worked more closely together in recent years than official communications suggest. The goal: 'minimizing the total damage for both parties'. 21.09.2021 | apache:
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For years, 3M emitted huge amounts of the extremely heavy greenhouse gas HFC-23. The chemical company did not report this pollution until 2019. The Flemish government then gave the company 341,235 euros in 'strategic ecological support', intended to build a plant that would
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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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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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Tomorrow morning (12/08) an environmental injunction against Lantis, the developer of the Oosterweel connection, will be initiated in the court in Antwerp. Earlier this week, a number of members of the citizen collective Grondrecht, together with environmental activist and whistleblower in the PFOS affair Thomas Goorden and Greenpeace
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Ten people living near the 3M factory have excessively high levels of PFOS in their blood. This is shown by analyses by Dutch expert Jacob de Boer (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) commissioned by the citizen association Grondrecht. 'The government must intervene.' 04.08.2021
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