“An internal email (…), taken out of context”, reacted Saturday Didier Jaffre, the director of ARS Occitanie, to the daily Free Midday. Wednesday, The chained Duck had published extracts from one of his emails discussing water polluted by “eternal pollutants” and pesticides. Potentially carcinogenic products. Water “must no longer be consumed, but only used for everything else” mentioned in particular the content of this email published by the satirical newspaper.
“It was an internal email, having no informational value, which included personal and brief note-taking”, an email “taken out of context”, assured Didier Jaffre to the regional newspaper: “C It is all the more regrettable since I am the guarantor, with my teams, of water quality control. » Contacted Friday by 20 minutesARS Occitanie explained that it “had no comment to make at this stage”.
This whole “this affair has no place and should not have taken place”
The weekly recalled that the strengthening of controls on these substances in water will be made obligatory in 2026. According to Le canard chainé$ Didier Jaffre would have recommended no longer carrying out these controls: “The advice given (…) is not to do them TO DO “. “This is a misinterpretation of my words. Not only will we continue to look for them, but above all we will strengthen our control policy,” said the regional director on Saturday. This whole “this affair has no place and should not have taken place”,
Following the article in Le Canard Enchaîné, a deputy from the National Rally of Gard, Yoann Gillet, took legal action to “shed light” on the possible presence of “eternal pollutants” in tap water. But “it is too early” to move forward with the continuation of this procedure, said the Montpellier public prosecutor, Fabrice Bélargent, on Friday.