A SERIOUS FIRE IN ROUEN AT LUBRIZOL PLANT GENERATED SPILL OF SOOT ON LARGE AREA

USPA NEWS - A serious fire that occurred in the night of September 25 to 26, in the plant Lubrizol classified SEVESO, generated spill of soot on a very large area of Rouen and suburbs (135 km from Paris) . The cloud currently affects no less than 112 municipalities of Seine-Maritime, 40 of the Oise, 39 of the Somme, 14 in the Aisne and 5 communes in the North and Pas-de-Calais. Farmers have been hit hard: freezing or consigning crops of crops, including silage and vegetable crops, but also stops marketing animal products such as milk, eggs, honey, beets. Since last Thursday, the leaders of the network FNSEA and Young Farmers (JA) and all agricultural partners are mobilizing closer to affected farmers to provide support and information.

A serious fire that occurred in the night of September 25 to 26, in the plant Lubrizol classified SEVESO, generated spill of soot on a very large area. The cloud currently affects no less than 112 municipalities of Seine-Maritime, 40 of the Oise, 39 of the Somme, 14 in the Aisne and 5 communes in the North and Pas-de-Calais. Farmers have been hit hard: freezing or consigning crops of crops, including silage and vegetable crops, but also stops marketing animal products such as milk, eggs, honey, beets. Since last Thursday, the leaders of the network FNSEA and Young Farmers (JA) and all agricultural partners are mobilizing closer to affected farmers to provide support and information. According to FNSEA (The Most Powerful Union of French Farmers) has published a statement sent to the French authorities to raise their concern about the catastrophic fall of materials burned during the fire of the plant Lubrizol Rouen (Seine Maritime, Normandy , very agricultural region): "We ask the State to provide as soon as possible adapted answers: the announcements of the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of the Economy concerning the compensation of the farmers go in the good sense In an already tense economic and climate context, we will remain very attentive to the fact that no farmer is harmed, and under no circumstances should the imperative of consumer protection and the precautionary principle, however legitimate, be financially supported by farmers! "

ELISABETH BRONE ECOLOGY MINISTER SPOKE WITH ERIC SCHNUR CEO OF LUBRIZOL ABOUT THE CATASTROPHY---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elisabeth Borne spoke with the CEO of Lubrizol Corp .: the government expects the company to provide exemplary support. Mrs Borne, Minister of the Ecological and Solidarity Transition, met this Friday, October 4 with Eric Schnur, CEO of Lubrizol Corp., following the industrial disaster that hit Rouen, Seine-Maritime and some northern territories. from the East of France.The CEO of Lubrizol, a US factory, visiting Rouen ensures that "the fire will have no impact on the population." Knowing that 9500 tons of products were burned in the neighboring Lubrizol area, in the city of Rouen. and surroundings ... Two hundred and twenty five people, with a hospitalized deiziane, have gone to the emergency room for nausea and vomiting since the oppression close to Lubrizol has been breathing in asbestos and other hydrocarbons since the factory's fire. . HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LUBRIZOL FIRE--------------------------- Gwendal GOSSEC has launched this petition addressed to Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Minister of the Environment, Lubrizol, ARS (Health regional Unit) Normandy and there are now 51,671 signatories. September 26, 2019: the fire of the Lubrizol plant in Rouen generates dantesque smoke, soot and strong smells all over the Rouen area in a first time, then well beyond (the cloud reached the Nord Pas de Calais ). The schools are closed on the 26th and 27th on the whole agglomeration, instructions on the consumption of plants are decreed, a pollution of the Seine is feared. But the prefect and the health authorities merely indicate that the fumes do not have an "acute toxicity" (understand, not deadly?), Without any one lingers on the risk of accumulation of pollutants in the human body after an exhibition of several hours. The 27th in Rouen: end of the fire, but a pregnant smell continues to occupy the city. An investigation into the origins of the fire is open. It is not enough. An investigation into the health and environmental consequences of this disaster must be carried out, and if necessary commit Lubrizol, with the obligation of reparation. Reminder: the mercaptan leak of this same plant in 2013 (smell felt until London and Paris) resulted in a fine of 4,000 euros. Ridiculous and not dissuasive. Source : Petition Change.org, Lubrizol, Ministry of Ecology, FNSEA, Young Farmers,Collectif Rouen Lubrizol