Aprochim: The Countryside Factory
Following the alert at the beginning of 2011 on the passing of the health threshold by PCBs and dioxins in a sample of milk, the investigation broadens to a perimeter of 3 km around Aprochim, placing today under total or partial isolation the livestock of 8 agricultural farms at Grez-en-Bouère and at Bouère in the Mayenne region. The quasi-totality of the investigation concerns the meat and the fat from meat. For the milk, the situation is fluctuating and to this day the commercialization of the production of only one farm is suspended. The chicken factory farms are not touched, but the official report must be consolidated when the chickens are liberated from their cages in the springtime. On the other hand, the diligent research by the Regional Agency of Health shows that eggs in domestic backyards contain PCB and dioxin levels superior to the national average. The geographic logic of the contamination designates Aprochim as principally responsible.
When the cows turn into radioactive waste
As part of the work of CODIR-PA(1) aimed at drawing up a post- nuclear-accident doctrine in France, the case of herds producing milk or meat contaminated beyond the maximum admissible norms was examined. Two ideas were considered:
– 1 Slaughter the herds. The Veterinary Services Department recommends burying the carcasses on the spot in pre-selected locations that do not expose groundwater and surface water to radioactivity migration. The VSD has had some experience of this procedure during outbreaks of disease.
(Français) La galère des moutons irlandais
(Français) Les 274 moutons arrivés au Tréport dans la nuit du 16 au 17 février 2002 sont toujours confinés à bord du Khalifeh 1 . Le consignataire du navire a reçu la notification de pourvoir à l'abreuvement et à l'alimentation du troupeau. Les animaux sont refoulés du territoire français à cause de documents douteux et incomplets, selon la Direction des Services Vétérinaires de Seine-Maritime. Ils sont originaires d'Irlande. Les autorités irlandaises auraient accepté le retour du cheptel.
