This tablecloth, as a result of a chemical agent leak inside the Lavéra petrochemical complex, listed as Seveso, “practically disappeared” on Friday. That?
This tablecloth, as a result of a chemical agent leak inside the Lavéra petrochemical complex, listed as Seveso, “practically disappeared” on Friday.
What will happen to the “chemical agent” water that was dumped into the Mediterranean Sea on the night of Wednesday to Thursday? The leak of a chemical agent inside the Lavéra petrochemical complex, classified as Seveso, in Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône), has caused the acidification of the water of several hectares in the sea. On Friday, the latter “virtually disappeared from the surface of the Mediterranean, a maritime prefecture.
What happened?
At the Lavéra petrochemical complex in Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône), a leak was detected at one hour and 50 minutes “at the level of the ferric chloride solution tank in the workshop production on the Kem One site in Lavéra”. This group is number two PVC in Europe.
“There is an accidental expansion of the leak in the storm sewer system, resulting in the release of liquid into Auguette Bay,” it adds. This chemical is highly corrosive and is used specifically for wastewater treatment, then it turns into a brown acidic solution in contact with the sea, forming toxic water. of about six hectares in the Mediterranean Sea, at the height of the Auguette mango. An investigation is underway to clarify the circumstances of this leak.
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Is the water always visible?
on Friday morning, the Maritime Prefecture told The Express that the water had now been reduced “to a minimum”. “Yesterday at 6 pm it was no more than one hectare, this morning it was almost more visible,” he explains.
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Marseille’s sailors-firefighters are always available to finalize the liens on the remaining part of the water, and the results will be known “at the end of the day”.
This chemical is very corrosive and is used especially for the treatment of wastewater, then it becomes a brownish acid solution in contact with the sea, forming a toxic water of about six hectares in the Mediterranean Sea, at sea level. Augette handle.
It is dangerous?
When asked, the Maritime Prefecture was unable to say whether the chemicals could be dangerous to people or the environment. Say “we are waiting for the results”.
“Ferric chloride is very corrosive and poses a danger to bathers, fish, crustaceans and marine mammals,” he explains at his side to the Parisian environmental association “Robin des bois”.
Later on Thursday, the maritime prefect issued an order prohibiting navigation, sea fishing, diving and swimming in the southern part of the Gulf of Fos. “This order will certainly not extend beyond 00:00,” the prefecture announced on Friday.
What are the responsibilities?
For her part, the mayoress of Martigues, Gaby Charroux, believes that this leak raises “numerous questions and shortcomings.” “More than intentions, it is urgent to put the principle of prudence and prevention at the center of action”, she underlined in the press release, because “the industrialization of design adapted to the territory requires modern prevention and protection measures”.
The Lavéra petrochemical plant is part of one of the largest industrial complexes in Europe, around the Etang de Berra, which generates pollution that regularly raises fears among the surrounding residents. In October 2019, some of them summoned four industrial chemists, Kem One, ArcelorMittal, Esso and the Fos-sur-Mer oil terminal, to court for “problems in the neighbourhood”.
“Kem One” Martigues-Lavér has been the subject of four arrests and has been abandoned since 2016,” says the Robin des Bois association. “The latest date of December 26, 2019 would give notice to the operator to improve the security of its storage facility of chlorine no later than March 31, 2020, “he details – he said and added: “This accident nine months after Lubrizol brings the flavor of the day, the difficult coexistence between plants, the high threshold of Seveso and other human activities ” .
“The department’s services are on site to determine the circumstances of this leak and analyze its consequences on the natural environment. The damages that are determined will be repaired by those responsible,” said the Minister of Ecological Transition, Barbara Pompili, in a tweet on Thursday night.
Date Updated: July 24, 2020, 5:58 PM
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