the future is in plants

Chemist Corinne Casiot was interested in bacteria that manage to reduce the level of arsenic in the very polluted Reigous stream in Saint-Sébastien-d’Aigrefeuille. To discover them, you have to go on Saturday October 5 to the Science Festival. Claude Grison received, in 2022, the European Inventor Prize. This research director at the CNRS intervened in Saint-Laurent-le-Minier. She developed methods to decontaminate soil and water using extreme plants. And as she did not want to add pollution to pollution, she invented a process to “recycle” these plants full of metals. They become ecocatalysts: they allow chemical reactions to be provoked to produce new molecules for well-being, cosmetics, perfumes, etc. To clean up the air, Patrick Meffre, from Unîmes, is interested in Tillandsia, funny of plants that grow… in the air.

“This is the record level of arsenic in France”

Treating toxic water with bacteria, putting a plant cover on polluted soil… In Saint-Sébastien-d’Aigrefeuille, we no longer want the mine to be associated with an idea of « mort »
but there is hope.

A postcard landscape. The town hall of Saint-Sébastien-d’Aigrefeuille appears just after a bend, below the small road. This town hall is located in an imposing building with garnet shutters. She replaced…