Grondrecht, a citizens' collective launched in response to the PFOS problem in Antwerp, responds to the analysis of the population survey in which blood samples from 800 neighbours of 3M were tested for PFAS values. "The situation is very serious. However, it seems logical to us that
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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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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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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In the Left Bank project area, 460,000 m³ of heavily PFOS-contaminated soil would initially be excavated and packed by Lantis, the developer of Oosterweel. Ultimately, it will only be 160,000 m³. This is evident from internal documents from Lantis that Apache, De
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During the works on the Oosterweel connection in the Left Bank project area in Antwerp, 460,000 m³ of heavily PFAS-contaminated soil would initially be excavated and packed. In the end, it will only be 160,000 m³. The vast majority of it will be dumped in the controversial
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The answers that Zuhal Demir (N-VA) demands in front of the camera should have been given by 3M long ago. In particular, when the 'perpetual' environmental permit that the company received from the province of Antwerp was created in
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The environmental movement (Bond Beter Leefmilieu, Greenpeace & Grondrecht) supports the legal notice of default of Minister of Environment Zuhal Demir against polluter 3M. But it is not enough: the problems with Flemish environmental policy, which made this dossier so painfully clear, also deserve attention.
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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