{"id":26806,"date":"2008-03-14T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-14T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:36:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:36:29","slug":"1806-disaster-on-the-rh-ne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/pollution\/1806-disaster-on-the-rh-ne\/","title":{"rendered":"Disaster on the Rh\u00f4ne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>From a wooden jetty in France, C&eacute;dric Giroud gazed out over the wide bend of the river <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rh%C3%B4ne_River\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rh&ocirc;ne<\/a>, a picturesque, dark blue expanse dotted with swans. &quot;At midnight on summer nights, when I&#8217;d finished fishing and boxed up my catch, I&#8217;d slip into the water and swim in the moonlight,&quot; he said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The swell in the Rh&ocirc;ne at the Grand Large, a lake just outside the southeastern city of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lyon<\/a>, draws tens of thousands of French tourists on holiday weekends. It is a haven for rowers, sailors, fishermen and children feeding ducks. But under the crystal-clear water lurks an environmental disaster that the environmental group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwf.fr\/actualites\/contamination_du_rhone_aux_pcb_dossier_de_presse_et_reportage_video_exclusif_sur_le_blog_evenement_du_wwf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWF-France<\/a> is calling &quot;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwf.fr\/actualites\/contamination_du_rhone_aux_pcb_dossier_de_presse_et_reportage_video_exclusif_sur_le_blog_evenement_du_wwf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">French Chernobyl<\/a>&quot;. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The French government has banned the consumption of fish from the length of the Rh&ocirc;ne &#8212; where it enters France from the Swiss Alps all the way down to the Mediterranean &#8212; after local specialties such as bream, pike, perch, carp and catfish were found to contain high levels of the toxic chemicals known as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polychlorinated_biphenyl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PCB<\/a>s. France&#8217;s second-longest river has contaminated sediment in its bed and feeding fish have sent the toxins through the food chain. Environmentalists say the poisoned Rh&ocirc;ne, which flows through tourist spots such as the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avignon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Avignon<\/a> down to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camargue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Camargue<\/a> delta, is effectively the tip of the iceberg of French industrial pollution, which the government has recklessly ignored for 20 years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Freshwater fishermen talk of being suicidal. Local mayors and authorities have filed dozens of court cases after decades of campaigning by environmental groups. Research outside France has shown that PCBs &#8212; polychlorinated biphenyls once used in electrical generators, transformers and insulating fluid &#8212; cause infertility and birth defects in mammals. But the French government has not tested the toxic compounds&#8217; impact or carcinogenic effect on humans. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWF<\/a>, backed by 300 doctors, is now lobbying the government to urgently fund its own tests on health implications. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ban on consuming fish from the Rh&ocirc;ne has been extended to other French rivers poisoned by PCBs: in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Normandy\">Normandy<\/a>, the popular delicacy of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eels<\/a> from the river <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seine<\/a> has been outlawed as well as fish from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Somme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Somme<\/a>. Scientists predict more bans will follow. The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chernobyl_disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chernobyl<\/a> comparison by the WWF comes not from the potential number of deaths of humans, but from successive French governments&#8217; attitude of ignoring what campaigners call &quot;a ticking time-bomb&quot;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The poisoning was not uncovered by the state but by Giroud, who sells his catch to African, Asian and eastern European immigrants in the local markets of Lyon&#8217;s grey suburbs and old industrial heartlands. Giroud, 35, is the only commercial fisherman on the Grand Large in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.decines.fr\/Commun\/Traductions\/decines_en_2.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">D&eacute;cines<\/a>, bringing in 10 tonnes a year and selling it himself. His freshwater fish &#8212; cheaper than sea fish and often sold for two euros (about US$3) a kilogramme &#8212; is a staple for poor people in the suburbs. Local Chinese and Vietnamese customers would use it for traditional dishes. One Turkish father used to buy 10 to 20 kilogrammes a week. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Then, in 2004, birds started dying around the Grand Large. Tests showed it was <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifedisease.nbii.gov\/diseasehome.jsp?disease=Avian%20Botulism&amp;pagemode=submit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">avian botulism<\/a>. &quot;Although there was no effect on my fish, customers who had seen dead birds were wary,&quot; said Giroud. &quot;On my own initiative, just to reassure them, I sent my perfect-looking fish to a laboratory. I expected excellent results.&quot; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But the tests found a different, murkier poison &#8212; the fish contained PCBs between 10 and 12 times the legal safety limit. Fish from the Grand Large was banned at the end of 2005 and similar bans have spread progressively to other areas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&quot;This is the tip of the iceberg. The more research that is done, the more toxic contamination will be uncovered,&quot; said Alain Chabrolle of Frapna, a local environmental group that has campaigned for decades about the effect of pollution in the river. &quot;There must be precise research on all possible PCBs sources, accurate maps and measures taken. The state polluted and allowed others to pollute. For decades they have put their head in the sand.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>PCBs, one of the most poisonous groups of industrial compounds, were produced globally in large amounts before their danger was understood. They are still present in some industrial and electrical equipment and are difficult to dispose of safely. Tr&eacute;di, an industrial waste processing plant formerly owned by the French state, sits on the Rh&ocirc;ne about 25 kilometres upstream from the Grand Large. It was supposed to limit pollution but instead emitted PCBs into the water. The plant&#8217;s new owners insist they have cleaned up. But environmentalists say other sources of PCBs, such as disused factories, must be assessed. The Rh&ocirc;ne cuts through France&#8217;s biggest concentration of chemical industries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Although president <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicolas_Sarkozy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicolas Sarkozy<\/a>&#8216;s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/europe\/article2726846.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">environmental super-ministry<\/a> now has taken up the matter of PCB river poisoning, Chabrolle said the ministries of agriculture and health were slow to get on board, despite the implications for food and health. The freshwater fishermen banned from selling fish have received no compensation. French professional river fishermen are few in number and not a vocal lobby. In comparison, their seafaring counterparts have huge political clout, and if marine fishing becomes affected there could be a major political dispute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&quot;If they don&#8217;t like something, marine fishermen will instantly block a major port with 100 vessels,&quot; said Chabrolle. &quot;What can C&eacute;dric Giroud do, block the Rh&ocirc;ne with one boat?&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a nearby Asian supermarket, a Vietnamese mother said: &quot;I&#8217;ve always been suspicious of the river fish here.&quot; But other elderly French locals said they would be prepared to keep eating Rh&ocirc;ne fish. Giroud said that, potentially, amateurs could still sell the odd Rh&ocirc;ne catch on the black market. Some of his customers still call him, asking for the fish. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At a fishing supplies shop, Didier Lardon has had to expand his stock to knives and toy guns to stay in business. &quot;My takings are down 20% to 30% and the older amateur fishermen have not even renewed their licences,&quot; he said. Three fishing shops near the Grand Large already have closed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If tests on the effect on human health begin, Giroud and his four children, aged six to 14, would be prime samples. But having lost his business and livelihood, he does not want to know. &quot;Every day I think I&#8217;m just happy not to have committed suicide, that I still have my kids and my wife hasn&#8217;t left me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It&#8217;s not myself I feel bad about &#8212; it&#8217;s having fed the fish to my children all these years.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<span><a href=\"https:\/\/environment.guardian.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/environment.guardian.co.uk\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Copyright Guardian News &amp; Media Ltd 2008<\/p>\n<p>Homepage photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paysage_du_temps\/1950289320\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paysage du temps<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industrial pollution in France&rsquo;s second-longest river has transmitted toxic chemicals through the food chain and ruined fishermen&rsquo;s livelihoods. 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