The Flemish environmental enforcement policy is terminally ill and no politician is to blame for it. This is how the final report of the PFOS-PFAS investigation committee can be summarised somewhat lapidarily. 'Just because a politician says something does not mean that people believe it', says whistleblower
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Politicians do little to restore confidence, says Marc Reynebeau. The PFOS report contains a sharp critique of Flemish political culture. 30.03.2022 | DS: Marc Reynebeau Read the full article in the newspaper…
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After a critical analysis, together with independent experts, we maintain our position: the report of the Earthmoving Commission does not provide sufficient guarantees for the public health of local residents and workers.
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The parliamentary inquiry committee PFOS-PFAS is saving the cabbage and the goat and therefore does not point out political responsibilities for the biggest Flemish environmental scandal of the past decade. In its final report, the committee does give the political steering committee of Lantis between
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Our first PFAS forum is over. We look back enthusiastically on a very pleasant, educational afternoon in the Blikfabriek. After a word of welcome by our Eva, the attendees were divided into groups to participate in the various working groups.
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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
After a critical analysis, together with independent experts, we maintain our position: the report of the Earthmoving Commission does not provide sufficient guarantees for the public health of local residents and workers.
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In addition to the judicial investigation into the PFOS pollution, the Antwerp public prosecutor's office has also opened an investigation against 3M for concealing a leak of caustic soda. The public prosecutor's office confirmed this to De Tijd. 19.02.2022 | Het Nieuwsblad Read the full
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The plans of the Antwerp council to build a new district barely two kilometers from the chemical company 3M are met with disbelief from toxicologist Jacob de Boer. 'You don't want to expose future residents to excessively high concentrations of PFAS. Only
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16.02.2022 | Civil society intensifies PFOS discussion: health and environment first A broad coalition of environmental and nature associations and health and family organizations wants lessons to be learned from the PFOS scandal. In a joint vision statement, they advocate a more muscular approach
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