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A WEEK IN FRANCE © FRANCE 24
11:50
Issued on: 06/12/2025 - 17:55Modified: 06/12/2025 - 17:56
11:50 min
From the show
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The ANSES has found that 92% of the country's drinking water contains forever chemicals known as PFAS. The report analyzed more than 600 tap water samples and an equal number of untreated water samples over a two-year period. Meanwhile another study has found that breakfast cereals, and bread here in Europe are also heavily contaminated with PFAS. Our guest on the show François Veillerette the director of the NGO Generations Futures and former President of Greenpeace France.
Also in this edition:
French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to keep fighting for the release of sports journalist jailed in Algeria. On Wednesday - an appeals court upheld a seven-year prison sentence for Christophe Glezze - who was convicted of "glorifying terrorism."
A town in central France is putting its money where its maternity ward is by offering new moms a cash-boost just for giving birth locally. It’s an unusual incentive with a very clear goal: saving the town’s maternity unit.
And Lyon celebrates the Festival of Lights. The eagerly awaited event features intricate light displays projected onto historical monuments and public buildings across the city.
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