Notre-Dame fire: a useful disaster
Long version of the opinion article published in Libération on 6 December 2024 .
By Jacky Bonnemains, director of the NGO Robin des Bois, Judith Rainhorn, historian, Health&Humanities Chair, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and author of Blanc de plomb. Histoire d’un poison légal (White lead. History of a legal poison, Presses de Sciences Po, 2019) and Lex van Geen, geochemist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University New York.
(Français) Informations sur les risques sanitaires et environnementaux des feux d’artifices
Illuminati
July 13th, 14th, in France and all summer long, millions will gather at night to cheer fervently fireworks.
Fireworks are the simulacrum and the ersatz of war. Vertical flares pollute the sky and horizontal flares are used as weapons.
Briefing note n°2 on the PFAS Report
The report “Analyse des risques de présence de per- et polyfluoroalkyles (PFAS) dans l’environnement” (“Risk Analysis for the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyles (PFAS) in the environment”) (1) was finally published on April 14, 2023 and said that the subject of potentially concerned pesticides is very poorly documented “which would justify arranging a survey of manufacturers”. Robin des Bois has already noted that the ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) in its document covering the restrictions on the use of PFAS (2) and in particular in its Annex (3) cites in the Biocides and Pesticides categories 49 active substances approved by the European Union and covered by the current definition of PFAS (listed below). For pesticides, the ECHA estimates that 5,479 tonnes of PFAS are used each year in the European Union. The prohibition of PFAS in pesticides would remove 200 products from the market, which is not currently advised by the ECHA.
