Ardennes: Several Municipalities Deprived of Drinking Water Due to Eternal Pollutants

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In the Ardennes, several villages can no longer consume tap water because it is polluted. The teams of France Télévisions followed the daily life of a family of four children who live entirely with bottled water packs.

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PFAS, these eternal pollutantsThe PFAS (pronounce "pifasse"), or per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances, form a vast family of synthetic chemical compounds — more than 12,000 recorded — used since the 1950s for their exceptional properties of resistance to water, fat and heat. In Europe, there are 23,000 contaminated sites. PFAS, these eternal pollutants The consumption of water from the roinet is prohibited in several communes in eastern Franc…

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Since mid-July, almost 3,000 inhabitants of the Ardennes can no longer drink tap water. Analyses have revealed abnormally high rates of PFAS, these so-called "eternal" pollutants. Reporting in Villy, the village that is breaking records of contamination.