“ Everything is erased, everything is green,” quips Denis Minot. The director of Eau 17 revealed some great news to the union committee, meeting on Friday June 14 in Saintes. An opinion from the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), published…
“ Everything is erased, everything is green,” quips Denis Minot. The director of Eau 17 revealed some great news to the union committee, meeting on Friday June 14 in Saintes. An opinion from the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), published on May 22, 2024, changes the situation around chlorothalonil.
Let’s rewind. Traces of this fungicide were found in a large number of catchments. In 2023, an excessive dose was identified in 104 samples taken by Eau 17. “Before, we weren’t looking for it,” specifies Denis Minot.
The Ances opinion revises the presumption of dangerousness. She considers that this is now “irrelevant” in the case of the molecule R471811. This is good, it is the one that was frequently found in catchment wells. The La Rochelle metropolitan area had closed some as a precaution. She must announce their reopening during a press conference on Monday June 17. We are moving from the ban on not exceeding a threshold of 0.1 micrograms per liter to an “indicative value of 0.9 micrograms”, much less restrictive.
We’ll continue to monitor her, hoping we don’t find her. For us, the episode is closed
A model motion
The dangerousness of another molecule, R417888, remains classified as “relevant”, with this threshold of 0.1 micrograms not to be passed. But it was only spotted very occasionally. “We’re going to continue to monitor her, hoping we don’t find her. For us, the episode is closed,” concludes Denis Minot.
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Christophe Sueur underlines the driving role of the departmental union in the resolution of this matter. “We expressed anger, in the form of a motion. It was taken up by the Departmental Council and other unions. This was the basis of the questioning of state services. A molecule was commercialized and suddenly, it was up to us to figure it out,” summarizes the president of Eau 17. “In the field of water, when you look, you find,” adds -he. Another molecule may come, tomorrow, to cast suspicion on the quality of drinking water.
