Warning for anyone who drinks tap water after ban in Europe
A French region has banned tap water amid warnings it could be a "warning" for the rest of Europe. 60,000 residents of Alsace, eastern France, have been told by the local government that it had found dangerously high levels of PFAs – or ‘forever chemicals’ – in the water.
Those in high-risk groups – under-twos, immunocompromised people, pregnant women – were advised not to drink water from the taps for the rest of year.
I think that we are at the start of the story,” says Séverine Maistre, who lives in Saint-Louis and who used to work in clinical drug trials. “Currently we are talking about peaks here and there … [But the chemicals] will be everywhere in France.
"It will be the same in Germany, in Switzerland, in the UK, and everywhere.” A 70-year-old woman said: "“Even if we are not fragile we are scared. We are terrorised – this is about water, without which we cannot live.”
Those in high-risk groups – under-twos, immunocompromised people, pregnant women – were advised not to drink water from the taps for the rest of year.
I think that we are at the start of the story,” says Séverine Maistre, who lives in Saint-Louis and who used to work in clinical drug trials. “Currently we are talking about peaks here and there … [But the chemicals] will be everywhere in France.
"It will be the same in Germany, in Switzerland, in the UK, and everywhere.” A 70-year-old woman said: "“Even if we are not fragile we are scared. We are terrorised – this is about water, without which we cannot live.”
