In the Cévennes, 43 people contaminated with arsenic, lead and cadmium as well as 2 associations filed a complaint against X for endangering the lives of others.
They thought they were living in a preserved and protected region. In reality, it is a corner of paradise soiled by old mines closed in 1971 which contaminated them. In early February, the Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées Regional Health Agency (ARS) informed 46 people, including children, that they had abnormally high levels of arsenic, cadmium and lead in their blood. and urine.
Heavy metal pollution that endangers their health and that of their offspring. So they decided to defend themselves. This Friday, 43 people, the Association for the depollution of the old mines of the old mountain (ADAMVM) and Future Generations filed a complaint against X for “endangering the lives of others”, “involuntary attack on the integrity physical”, “water pollution” and “deception on the goods entailing a danger to the health of humans and animals”.
Release responsibilities
As announced to whydoctor Maitre Marie-Odile Bertella-Geffroy, former investigating judge of the Public Health division at the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Paris, the criminal complaints were filed with the health division of the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Marseille as well as with the Court of ‘Ales.
The complainants want to understand how they could have been exposed for so long without anyone alerting them. Even though official reports dating from 2004 noted the heavy contamination of soil and water in the region. They want to know the responsibilities of each – industrialist, State, health authorities -, to know if depollution measures will be adopted for and above all to be recognized as victims.
According to their lawyer, Me Marie-Odile Bertella-Geffroy, who investigated the asbestos and contaminated blood case, compensation could be paid before the end of the legal proceedings, which are likely to drag on.
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