Campaigners Take French State to Court over Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’
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Campaigners take French state to court over toxic ‘forever chemicals’
Environmental organisations and residents of some of France’s worst PFAS pollution hotspots have launched legal action against the French state, accusing it of long-standing failure to tackle contamination…
Several associations and "six victims" living in places of accumulation of pollution brought the matter before the courts on Wednesday "in order for the State to be condemned to act" on the subject.
On Wednesday, three associations and six individuals exposed to the "Eternal Pollutants" or PFAS seized the courts to compel the state to take action against the contamination of the environment and the human body by these chemical molecules, accusing him of "circumstances" in the matter, the petitioners were told on Thursday. ...
leprogres.fr
republicain-lorrain.frThe aim of these three associations is for the State to be "convicted to act to stop pollution and to organize the management of environmental and health costs".
Le Parisien
La CroixThe associations ask the state to "stop releases of PFAS to the environment", to allow clean-up and to "repair" the anxiety damage resulting from exposure to PFAS of individuals who have joined this procedure.
Three associations and six individuals appealed to the Paris Administrative Court to compel the State to take action against PFAS contamination Three associations and six individuals exposed to the "
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