One year after the spectacular fire in a Lubrizol factory near Rouen, Europe 1 went to meet the residents, some of whom are still traumatized and very worried about the health consequences.
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We still do not know the reasons for the accident which caused the fire at the Lubrizol plant in September 2019 in Rouen.
One year after the spectacular disaster, disaster associations are calling for answers and will march through the streets of the city on Saturday afternoon.
Europe 1 went to meet local residents, some of whom are still traumatized by the fire ... And, many, worried about the future.
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"The diseases will break out, maybe later"
"We still perceive smells, in the morning, in the evening, it all depends on the direction of the wind," says Pedro, who lives near the factory and fears a possible impact on his health.
"Today, there is nothing because the diseases have not declared or will declare themselves, perhaps later," he says.
"But I am more afraid for our children."
"Knowing the substances is knowing the diseases of tomorrow", says Simon de Carvalho, president of a group of residents.
He denounces the opacity of the industrialist, who has long been slow to detail the chemicals that have gone up in smoke.
"We know that the products are carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic ... Just that! So we absolutely have to know the substances and that there be real health monitoring."
A "biased" epidemiological study?
As for the epidemiological study recently launched by Public Health France, it is window dressing that comes too late, laments Pierre-Emmanuel Brunet of the association "Respire".
"It's a questionnaire, there are no samples, and then the toxicity aspect is not developed, it's very light," he sighs.
"So it's still something, but it's late. You can imagine that in addition to the pandemic, this study will be biased."