Pesticides, Gironde LGV, social leasing of electric cars… Franceinfo’s information from Saturday October 12, 2024

Around Thomas Séchier, those informed debate the news of Saturday October 12, 2024.

The themes:

Pesticides found in children’s bodies near La Rochelle, where pediatric cancers are increasing: banned or dangerous pesticides were found in the hair and urine of 70 children and all have the common point of living in the same area, the vast Aunis plain agricultural area near La Rochelle. Agriculture is singled out although the link between pesticides and pediatric cancers has not yet been officially recognized. Have we closed our eyes for too long? What is the thinking in Europe?

Anti-LGV demonstrations in Gironde: Two sections, Bordeaux-Dax and Bordeaux-Toulouse, crystallize tensions. Opponents denounce a useless and overly expensive project while defenders highlight the reduction in road and air traffic. Why is a rail line project so controversial? What place does the train occupy among our European neighbors?

Social leasing for electric cars renewed in 2025despite an austerity budget: This system, reserved for the most modest, allows you to rent an electric car for around a hundred euros per month, with an option to purchase. An operation which had benefited 50,000 households at the start of the year before being quickly suspended, a victim of its success.

Bayeux Prize for War Correspondentsagainst the backdrop of war in Ukraine and the Middle East: Why is it complicated to cover a war correctly? Has the war in the Middle East overshadowed Russian aggression in Ukraine? Are social networks an asset in a war zone?

The guests :

Mihaela Antoche, correspondent for Romanian television in France

Vibeke Knoop Rachline, correspondent in Paris for the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten

Enric Bonet, correspondent in Paris for the Spanish newspapers El Correo and El Confidencial