Seveso II cases:
The road that goes to Ponteau au Port (Bouche du Rhone or South France) is
blocked. A chlorine leak, from the Naphtachimie factory, has been announced
contraining people to stay in their homes. Near the town of Sète in
the Hérault region there are thousands of people living in areas where
the hazardous contamination is high because of the presence of three Seveso
II classified factories. In the Gulf of Fos the fishing trade has given way
to the to-and-fro
of super tankers, transporting loads amongst the refineries of one of the
most important petrochemical compounds of Europe. In September 21st 2001
an explosion that blew away the A.Z.F. factory in Toulouse killed thirty people
and wounded thousands of others.
Left : the railtracks Toulouse - Marseille goes to the Shell petrochimical
site.
Middle: Dominique lives and works on the opposite of the Total refinery.
In january 1992, an explosion causes the death of 6 employees and several
others were wounded. The 8th of august 2005, a cloud of hydrocarbon escaped
from this firm provocking a gasoil rain on the neighbourhood. La Mède,
France.
Right :The fetilizers firm are also part of the Seveso II directive since
the chemicals they use are harmful.
