3M submits new phased soil remediation project for residential and recreational area zone 1b and 2 of Zwijndrecht and Beveren.
Citizens' collective Grondrecht, which has submitted a petition to the municipal council of Zwijndrecht to tackle the PFAS crisis more quickly. According to the citizens' collective, there is too much procrastination in the file.
Is there a risk of PFAS spreading through organic and green waste that is collected by the waste manager or brought to the container park? That is what the municipal authorities of Zwijndrecht wondered. OVAM conducted an exploratory study based on samples in the municipality in 2021 and 2022.
Final report 'PFAS research in organic and green waste Zwijndrecht' Read More »
The PFAS coalition [1] reacts calmly to the new optimistic reports about Oosterweel and PFAS pollution [2]. “This was coming, and is in line with the history in this dossier. Oosterweel must and will be given priority and all means are good for that. The cleaning up of PFAS pollution on the site? Worries for later!”
First response of PFAS coalition to Oosterweel study by VITO Read More »
Residents of the Flemish Zwijndrecht are at risk of health problems due to sky-high PFAS levels in their blood, originating from chemical giant 3M. The scandal has gripped Flanders for months. A small group of citizens is protesting against the American multinational. 28.01.2022 |
fd.: Flanders in the grip of poison scandal: 'They knew!' Read More »
The PFOS scandal is the largest environmental scandal in recent Flemish history. Environmental pollution is often approached through environmental law: to what extent is PFOS pollution in conflict with Flemish environmental law regulations (emission standards, permit requirements, etc.), and who is responsible for this?
HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE: The PFOS scandal through a human rights lens Read More »
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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Zwijndrecht requests adjustment of 3M permit conditions 12.07.2021 | Municipality of Zwijndrecht On the edge of the PFOS problem, the municipality asked the provincial deputation on June 22 to adjust the permit conditions of chemical company 3M. The deputation is currently
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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
DS: Make 3M pay? Then criminal prosecution is the best option Read More »
Researchers have known for years that there were huge quantities of the toxic substance pfos (from the pfas category) in the soil near the Flemish Zwijndrecht, but the government never raised the alarm. Now there is an uproar, but not all
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