The soils of their gardens were polluted by heavy metals "at levels presenting health risks", several of the factory's neighbours fear being expropriated.
Of the 92 plots analysed in this residential subdivision of the town of La Coudre, in Tonnay-Charente, almost half have "a soil condition incompatible with residential uses and food self-production", says the prefecture.
The soils of their gardens were polluted by heavy metals "at levels presenting health risks", several of the factory's neighbours fear being expropriated.