Unhappy with lingering odors following Lubrizol plant fire and reports of students suffering from headaches and nausea, teachers made use of their "right of withdrawal" Monday at three colleges in Rouen , we learned from union sources.
"Persistent odor and vomiting"
"In three colleges (Fontenelle in Rouen, Fernand Léger in Petit Quevilly and Georges Braque in Rouen), colleagues made use of their right of withdrawal, too inconvenienced and too worried about persistent odors and vomiting. schools where students felt bad, "said Claire-Marie Feret of the National Union of Second Degree Teachers (Snes) in Rouen.
Courses suspended until further notice
At Georges Braque College, classes are suspended until further notice and the students are sent home. "Following the odors related to the fire of the plant Lubrizol, still very present and indisposantes (headaches, nausea, dizziness ...), we play our right of withdrawal because we believe that the current situation presents a danger serious and imminent for them and students ", justified the teachers in a letter signed by 26 of them.
"Serious and imminent danger"
At the Fernand Léger secondary school in Petit Quevilly, 20 professors exercised their right of withdrawal, considering that there is a "serious and imminent danger within the school as we are 700 m from Lubrizol," Clément said. Lefèvre, professor of Sciences in the establishment and delegate Snes-Fsu, on France 3 Normandy. Like his colleagues, he believes that "the prefecture has not taken all measures" and that there is still doubt after the results of the first analyzes published Saturday showing a usual state of air quality on organic compounds volatile.
According to him, "badly burned hydrocarbons have not been searched for in prefecture analyzes."