Hoboken – About fifty interested people sacrificed their Sunday afternoon to attend the first PFAS forum in the Hoboken Blikfabriek. At the request of the citizen collective Grondrecht, scientific and legal experts came to inform them about the state of affairs in the
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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Today, the first hearing in the court of first instance will start regarding the environmental strike procedure that six civil parties and Greenpeace are initiating against Lantis. They are requesting precautionary measures against the PFOS-contaminated soil at the Oosterweel works. Environmental activist Thomas 'De Kat' Goorden was already cautious before the hearing
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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