Cadmium Health Scandal: What Could Be Changed in Practice by the Text Widely Adopted at the National Assembly
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In France, the National Assembly voted in favour of a decrease in the presence of cadmium in phosphate fertilizers. Before Belgium? ...
It is official that the legislation to reduce in agricultural fertilizers the rate of cadmium, this heavy metal harmful to human health, was adopted in the House on 3 June. If this is undoubtedly good news from a health point of view, the French have not yet come out of business: the land will remain contaminated (very) for a long time.
On Wednesday 3 June, the National Assembly adopted a bill to reduce the exposure of French people to cadmium. This heavy metal, which is present in some agricultural fertilizers, is considered to be...
Several studies have shown that the presence of cadmium is linked to the rate of pancreatic cancer in France; for example, France ranks fourth in the world in terms of the number of new cases reported. At the same time, it is also one of the European countries most affected by the toxic heavy metal. In this regard, the French National Assembly voted on the night of June 3 to reduce the level of cadmium allowed in phosphate fertilizers. The toxic…
The adoption of the proposal for an environmental law adopted at the National Assembly, which sets out a rapid path to reducing the cadmium content of phosphate fertilizers, would help to protect future generations, but in the short term it would not solve the problem of contamination of French soil.
Discreet, odourless, invisible, however, cadmium continues to settle in the soil, pass into the crops, then invite itself into daily feeding. In 2026, the dossier returns to the foreground. The new results of the Anses confirm that a part of the French population remains too exposed to this toxic metal by feeding. And, the...
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