Locals in the sleepy Corrèze village of Saint-Priest-de-Gimel are battling against the threat of a major pollution hazard
on their doorstep. Pascal and Michelle Andriessen of Corrèze Environnement have wasted no time in collecting some 4,000 signatures on a petition which was delivered to the préfet in mid- February, protesting the proposed 12,515m2
storage site for gas aerosols, chlorine products, fertilisers, pesticides and inflammables.This follows action late last year, when the protesters took to the streets in Tulle, the Corrèze's capital town. What they fear is a repetition of the 1976 Seveso disaster, when a Milan factory explosion triggered a dioxin intoxication of 2,000
people.In a recent public interview, Pascal Andriessen, president of Corrèze Environnement's committee against the storage site, said "I have the impression that people are now taking note of what we are doing."