The water remains drinkable, assures the president of the agglomeration to France Bleu La Rochelle, because the detected levels of chlorothalonil do not exceed the threshold at which the molecule is classified as carcinogenic. The La Rochelle metropolitan area has decided to close drinking water catchments as a precaution and as a preventive measure while … Continue reading the agglomeration of La Rochelle closes several drinking water catchments after the presence of a pesticide banned in France