Pollution rates with “immeasurable” microplastics have been found in counterx and hepar waters.
This is indicated by the magistrate responsible for the preliminary investigation, as part of the prosecution against Nestlé Waters for wild landfills of polluting waste in the Vosges, revealed Mediapart on Saturday.
Revelations to which the subsidiary of the Swiss giant reacted the next day according to Vosges morning. In a statement published on Sunday evening, Nestlé Waters France “vigorously disputes”.
Three diligent studies
And to specify: “These analyzes were carried out by an unpreducated laboratory for the analysis of microplastics. However, analyzes on microplastics are very specific and can be strongly distorted by methodological biases. As soon as these results are aware, Nestlé Waters launched verification analyzes. ” The subsidiary of the Swiss giant wants as proof of it three surveys which it has ordered in laboratories specialized in the field, develops Vosges morning.
Nestlé Waters is continued for storing waste and maintained four wild landfills in Contrexéville, They-sous-Montfort, Saint-Ouen-les-Parey and Crainvilliers, representing a cumulative volume of 473,700 cubic meters, the equivalent of 126 Olympic pools. The trial, decided after an investigation by the regional environment center of the Nancy prosecutor’s office, will be held from November 24 to 28.
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