2023-10-09 10:28:52
The discovery of asbestos in a school led the town hall on Saturday to postpone its reopening indefinitely.
Around a hundred people expressed their concern and anger in Rouen on Sunday the day following the announcement of the indefinite postponement of the reopening of a school due to asbestos discovered on the floors following the fire a week ago two disused buildings.
The Pépinières school group will remain closed “until further notice” following the results of a new series of analyzes which revealed that asbestos was present on the ground, both inside and outside the school group’s buildings, the town hall announced on Saturday evening. In total, the closure concerns 15 classes and 350 students who will be educated in other establishments including the Rosa Parks school, a few hundred meters away from that of the Pépinières. « There will be a new campaign (of measures) in the Pépinières school and in the surrounding neighborhood. It must be checked », promises the mayor. The elected official assured to apply « the precautionary principle ».
Lubrizol trauma
«I was pregnant at the timeLubrizol fire (an accident in a chemical factory in Rouen in 2019, Editor’s note). I left Rouen for several months. Today my son is four years old. Would you put him in Rosa Parks School if he were your child, Mr. Mayor? », asked a young mother, very moved and in tears, during a public meeting. This was organized by the town hall following the fire, followed by the collapse on the night of September 30 to October 1 of two uninhabited buildings dating from the 1970s. Rosa Parks, yes. Nurseries, no », replied the mayor, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol.
Other residents of the neighborhood are worried regarding the contamination of their homes. “ People had to be evacuated. There is asbestos in the school. So, there are also some in housing », exclaimed an angry woman. “ There will be measurement campaigns in Rouen Habitat housing near the scene of the fire », tried to reassure Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, warning that the removal of the debris will take “ several weeks at least ».
« I understand the anger of the residents », Comments to AFP Gérald Le Corre, head of the CGT of Seine-Maritime and member of the Lubrizol collective. He recalls that a single asbestos fiber “ can produce mesothelioma (cancer caused by asbestos, editor’s note) in 30 or 40 years ».
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