The site of the pharmaceutical company GSK Rixensart rejected Tuesday about 45 liters of liquid contaminated with polio virus to the treatment of Rosieres station. The risk of contamination is minor, according to GSK. The liquid is then found in the river Lasne. According to preliminary information provided by the firm, a human error during the process of vaccine production is the cause of the spill. According to the Scientific Institute of Public Health and the Supreme Council of Health, this incident is not dangerous to people. The purification Rosières station does not moreover rejects its water supply network to the drinking water. An action plan has been established, however, and samples of mud and water are especially planned for the future to monitor the persistence of the virus. He advised people to avoid contact with the water downstream of the WWTP Rosieres, to the confluence of the Lasne with Dyle. Citizens may call the Contact Center of the Federal Public Health this Saturday, September 6 à 13 hours 16 hours, 88 02/524 88 Sunday, Contact Center will be open from 11:00 to 4:00 p.m., further indicates the institution. The legal procedure was followed (GSK) The pharmaceutical company GSK has followed the legal procedure by immediately informing the local, regional, provincial and federal authorities as soon as the leak of 45 liters of liquid contaminated with the polio virus was found, responded Saturday Lizin Pascal, Director of Government Affairs GSK. After having informed the competent authorities, analyzes were conducted to assess the concentration of viruses in water and determine the potential impact and risk potential, which took several days, he said. This analysis work was done in a transparent manner. GSK Rixensart site Tuesday rejected 45 liters of contaminated liquid to the treatment of Rosieres station. The management of the wastewater treatment plant has been directly notified. Staff who have been in contact with the liquid was immediately supported by doctors and vaccinated, insists Mr. Lizin. The spill contaminated liquid is related to human error during the decontamination of a vessel. Normally, decontamination is done automatically, but unusually this time, it was made by hand and a mistake was made by one of our operators, says Lizin. Public authorities are expected Monday on our site to analyze the incident. On our side, we will step up measures to avert further incidents in the future. GSK, like the Institute for Scientific Public Health and the Supreme Council of Health, emphasizes the minor risk of contamination for this population because of the high dilution of the contaminated liquid in hundreds of thousands of liters of water and the almost complete vaccination rates against polio in Belgium. Posted anon ..cp
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 22:31:09 +0000
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