‘A timebomb’: could a French mine full of waste poison the drinking water of millions?

>In 1997, the decision to store toxic waste in the mine was sold as a lifeline to miners: running a waste repository underground could provide them with continued employment. For years, officials reassured the public that the waste would only be stored down there for 30 years.

>"We hoped that by storing the waste underground, we would find a solution to treat this waste and be able to recycle it in one way or another thanks to advances in technology. **But work on this never saw the light of day,” says Hecht.** Flyers distributed at the time described the project as “a mine to serve the environment”.

Preuss-AG should be held to account for this. But as usual it won't.

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>Yes