The discharge of sludge from the factory would be the cause of the contamination of the river. The Bulge Fishing Association files a lawsuit against t
The discharge of sludge from the factory would be the cause of the contamination of the river. The Bulge Fishing Association filed a lawsuit against the company.
The pollution of the Aisne caused the death of thousands of fish. Consequently, the president of the Bulge Fishermen’s Union announced that he filed a complaint against Nestlé on Wednesday 12 August. Discovered on the night of Sunday to Monday at the height of Challenge, 50 kilometers from Reims, the contamination of the river “led to a very high mortality of fish due to the reduction of the oxygen content of the water”, said the prefecture of the Ardennes in a press release.
“We just have a complaint against Nestlé France for contamination and violation of article 432.2 of the Environmental Code,” said Michel Adam, president of the Ardennes Fishermen’s Federation, who estimated the damage at “several thousand euros.”
Almost three tons of dead fish
Everything is dead in a stretch of 7 km and 30 meters wide, he lamented. “We have already recovered three tons of dead fish. But there is more, 14 species have been affected, including protected species such as the eel and the lamprey”. “It’s been 40 years since I’ve been in the federation, I’ve never seen contamination on this scale…”
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Nestle’s Challenge factory, which produces powdered milk, confirmed on Sunday evening an “infinite over time and unintentional release of residual biological sludge, without the presence of chemicals, from its wastewater treatment plant.” .
“As soon as we learned of the alert on Sunday at 11 p.m., we immediately stopped production and stopped the spill,” its director, Tony do Rio, said in a statement. “This spill was a unique event that lasted less than three hours on Sunday night,” he added, noting that activity at the power plant was “stopped for several days.”
pollution check dam
Since Tuesday, fishermen, volunteers and firefighters “have been working to remove the fish and dispose of it,” the prefecture said, and “a dam has been installed to prevent the spread of contamination.” “More than two tons of fish have been taken in the last two days. The work continues,” on Thursday.
“However, no fish mortality was found on Wednesday (…), which is a sign of probable dilution of groundwater to the point of contamination,” he said at the end of the day on Wednesday. According to Daniel Drivière, president of the Challenge fishing company, “we even found dead fish larger than 1.5 meters. It’s a disaster.” Analyzes are being carried out, especially to determine possible chemical and/or bacteriological contamination of the environment.
Update Date: August 13, 2020, 10:58 am
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Source: newstars.edu.vn