Read the full article by Alice Carnevali (Euronews)
“Jeroen Van Reeth, a resident of the Belgian city contaminated by PFAS produced by the chemical company 3M, opened his home to Euronews Tech Talks to discuss what it means to live in a contaminated area.
Zwijndrecht is a typical Flemish town located near Antwerp, in the north of Belgium. Public transport and bicycles are prioritised on its streets, baskets of colourful flowers hang from every lamppost, and detached houses with beautiful rear gardens line the neighbourhoods.
Yet not everything is as perfect as it seems.
In 2021, life in Zwijndrecht changed drastically after a study revealed pollution from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) around the 3M chemical plant.” …