In May, the mayor of Pierre-Bénite, Jérôme Moroge, had filed a complaint against X for endangering the life of others after the revelations of the program “Special Envoy” on the rejection in his commune of Perfluorés compounds suspected of being carcinogenic.
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Rebellion extinction activists (ER) entered the Arkema site on Saturday in Pierre-Bénite (Rhône) to denounce “environmental pollution”, and carried out another action in a public building in Lyon .
An ER spokesperson explained to the agency France-Presse (AFP) that the activists had cut the fence before entering the Arkema site, located in what is known as “the valley of chemistry “. They have deployed banners on which we could read “contaminated water, Arkema pours his waste in the Rhône” or “Arkema producing eternal pollutants since 1960”, according to photos sent to AFP by ER. The association requires the total cessation of the production of perfluorized (PFC) and polyfluoroalkylas (PFAS) compounds – a family of synthetic chemical compounds bringing together more than 4,700 molecules suspected for some of having an impact on health -, Used water discharges in the Rhône, the complete depollution of the site and its surroundings at the expense of Arkema, and the “compensation of victims of Arkema pollution”.
In a press release, the Rhône prefecture explained that ER activists had “carried out coordinated operations against a building of the Regional Directorate of Environment, Development and Housing , in Lyon, and premises of the Arkema factory in Pierre-Bénite “. “The prefect of the Rhône firmly condemns these actions and welcomes the rapid intervention of the police to [put an end” and “limit the degradations,” added the prefecture. “No violation of the integrity of sensitive installations was noted by the company Arkema,” she said.
arkema, for its part, “condemns such acts against the work tool of a thousand employees and stresses that the composure and the professionalism of the police and the internal teams has made it possible to prevent the Situation does not degenerate “, according to the director of the site, Pierre Clousier, quoted in a press release.
Revelations in May
In May, the mayor of Pierre-Bénite, Jérôme Moroge, had filed a complaint against X for endangering the life of others after the revelations of the program ” Special Envoy “ on the rejection of perfluorés suspected of ‘Be carcinogenic in your town. In this report, the journalist himself carried out water, air, soil and breast milk samples near the Arkema factory, then analyzed in a laboratory in the Netherlands, and which contained rates of treachers greater than different thresholds.
In its press release, the prefecture assures that, “for more than six months, the State services in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes have strengthened their mobilization to control and reduce the presence of PFAS south of Lyon”. “By decree, the prefect of the Rhône prescribed in Arkema in September 2022 to stop using any PFAS additive by the end of 2024,” said the prefecture. “The site has always worked in cooperation with the public authorities and shows dialogue and transparency with residents and employees,” said Arkema.