"A little over a hundred" people went to the emergency after the fire Lubrizol chemical plant in Rouen a week ago, said Thursday the government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye.
"We are not in proportions that we have known for other industrial disasters," she said, calling to "cling to rationality." The spokesperson of the government is reassuring on BFM TV this morning "The quality of the air is perfectly breathable" and "the water is drinkable".
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On dioxin, samples showed "roughly similar" results in areas affected by the smoke plume and those that were not, "which are close to background noise". But "we continue" the investigations to look for possible "deposits in the food products or at the level of the farms, among the farmers", and the results should be known "by the end of the week", she adds.
"An obligation of transparency and information"
The government has "an obligation of transparency and information," said Sibeth Ndiaye. "When we have information we give it, we explain, we do not extrapolate and we try not to frenzy people".
For its part, Lubrizol "can not be exonerated from its responsibilities," said the spokeswoman. "If she has responsibilities she will be questioned" and "prosecuted in court".