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.
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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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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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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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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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
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