Should we be afraid or should we not drink tap water? This concern is not new, but it is currently making a comeback in the public debate. According to an article published by Le Monde newspaper on Wednesday, approximately 20% of French people living in mainland France have “Regular or occasional tap water that does not meet quality standardsin terms of pesticides in 2021. This means that about 12 million people are supplied with water whose pesticide concentrations have exceeded the limits set at the European level at least once a year. In 2020, this applied to only 5.9% of France’s population, or 3.9 million inhabitants.
According to the daily, this information was obtained from data collected from regional health agencies (RAH), water agencies or prefectures. Asked on Thursday Le FigaroThe Directorate General of Health could not confirm these figures. “Use of Health Surveillance Data…
Source: Le Figaro
