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Warning for Anyone Who Drinks Tap Water After Ban in Europe - Birmingham Live
- Last week, Alsace in eastern France banned tap water after detecting high PFAS levels in 60,000 residents' supplies, signaling a potential warning for Europe.
- The Euro-Airport Basel-Mulhouse used PFAS-treated firefighting foam until 2017, which seeped into water supplies, making the airport responsible for the contamination.
- French authorities warn vulnerable groups to avoid tap water after detecting dangerously high PFAS levels in Alsace, with residents feeling 'terrorised' by the contamination.
- Residents accuse the airport of betrayal, marking France's first case of a commercial airport causing pollution and blaming authorities for deception.
- Next week, the EU Pesticide Committee will debate PFAS bans amid continued delays by Member States, risking wider water contamination across Europe.
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French town’s tap water sparks health alarm
For as long as most can remember, people in Saint-Louis poured their tap water without a second thought. It was clear, had no taste or smell out of the ordinary — nothing to suggest anything was wrong. But lab tests now say otherwise. The water carries PFAS — a type of industrial chemical known for its persistence — and the levels are high, far beyond what European regulations consider safe. Source
A French region has banned water from the robinnet. Persistent chemicals have contaminated the food network with 60,000 people, endangering human health, wildlife and the ecosystem in general. But activists say this is just the age of the PFAS (known as "permanent chemicals" because of their extreme degradation resistance), writes The Guardian, asking if this is not a warning for the rest of Europe.
The chemical company BASF is threatened with trouble in France: Seven associations filed a complaint about alleged initiations of eternity chemicals into the Seine.
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