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French Report Links Nestlé Bottled Waters to Record Microplastic Contamination
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Why the French are outraged that Perrier filtered its water: 'This really is our Water-gate'
An iconic French brand dating back more than 160 years, Perrier's reputation has been rocked by a scandal. Last year, a joint investigation by Le Monde and Radio France revealed that at least a third of the country’s mineral water brands — including Perrier, Contrex, Vittel and Hépar, owned by Nestlé Waters — had been illegally treated.
French report links Nestlé bottled waters to record microplastic contamination
French investigators have uncovered microplastic contamination in two of Nestlé’s top mineral water brands, sparking a renewed legal battle and fresh calls for tougher environmental regulation.
Following Mediapart's accusations about the pollution to microplastics of the drilling of the source waters Contrex and Hépar in the Vosges, Nestlé Waters counter-attack. The Swiss giant's subsidiary claims that the analyses of the French Biodiversity Office are incorrect. To prove this, it relies on three studies by specialized laboratories which attest to the absence of microplastics in its drilling.
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republicain-lorrain.frAnalyses revealed by Mediapart on Saturday show "immeasurable" concentrations of microplastics in Contrex and Hépar waters. Nestlé Waters responded on Sunday.
Hepar and Contrex, two natural mineral waters recognized for their benefits to our health, are in the collimator of justice. Or more precisely the group that produces them, Nestlé Waters. An investigation of the Mediapart site published on 9 August last evokes "incommensurable" rates of microplastics were found in the waters Contrex and Hépar. At the origin of these revelations, the magistrate responsible for the preliminary investigation in the…
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