Official Data Confirm Pollution Around the Ivry-Paris XIII Incinerator, One of the Largest and Oldest in Europe

Analysis of atmospheric deposition measurements performed by the manager shows higher levels of dioxins near the plant.

Dioxin pollution around the Ivry-sur-Seine waste incinerator (Val-de-Marne) has been confirmed. On May 27, Le Monde reported on pollutant measurements taken by Syctom—the Île-de-France household waste agency—in rainwater, made available as open data and analyzed by the 3R collective. They confirm that the highest dioxin levels were measured within a one-kilometer radius of the incinerator. Dioxins are pollutants (…) Read more In brief / Health ,…

One of the chimneys of the incineration centre of Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne), on November 28, 2024. VILLETTE PIERRICK/ABACA The debates were already heated. The revelation of official data hitherto unnoticed should stir further the public meeting on "the presence of pollutants in the city" scheduled Tuesday, May 27 at the end of the day at the town hall of Ivry-sur-Seine, commune of Val-de-Marne of 61,000 inhabitants who must cohabit with one…