tap water polluted with chlorothalonil residues

Is tap water contaminated? On thousands of samples analyzed, the National Health Security Agency (Anses) reveals, Thursday, April 6, pollution which would concern all of France. Residues of a pesticide, its name: the chlorothalonil. What is this contamination? In a town in the Oise, some residents discovered in early March that their drinking water network was polluted.

A pesticide banned in Europe for four years

In question, residues of chlorotalonil, a pesticide banned in Europe for four years. “It is four times the value of 0.1 which is the compliance value of the water. Today, on this parameter, on this pesticide, in Barbery, we distribute non-compliant water”, says Didier Malé, president of the Association Regrouping of organizations for the protection of the Oise. According to the health authorities, the majority of French regions would be affected.