[VRT](https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/01/14/onderzoek-naar-mogelijke-pfas-vervuiling-op-3-plaatsen-in-diest/)

[Nieuwsblad](https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20220113_97355014)

[HLN](https://www.hln.be/binnenland/drie-sites-in-diest-mogelijk-verontreinigd-met-pfas-bewoners-moeten-no-regret-maatregelen-volgen~a439d3a2/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F)

[La Libre](https://www.lalibre.be/regions/flandre/2022/01/13/trois-sites-potentiellement-pollues-aux-pfas-a-diest-FNJ7P7ACOVGVHPBQFSJJBVOMI4/)

[Flemish Government](https://www.vlaanderen.be/pfas-vervuiling/diest-no-regret-maatregelen-pfas) (**List of measures**)

Translation from VRT article:

*The city of Diest is going to carry out additional research on a possible PFAS contamination at three locations in the city. In the meantime, local residents have received a letter with precautionary measures they should follow, such as not drinking well water. “There is no reason to panic,” says the alderman for the Environment.*

After the soil contamination in Zwijndrecht at 3M, other locations are now being investigated for PFAS contamination. Diest has had OVAM investigate three locations: in the Schaluinstraat, a site on the Nijverheidslaan and the old fire department site on the Verversgracht. And there are indications that PFAS is present in the soil.

“The sites that we had indicated where there is a possible PFOS or PFAS contamination due to firefighting exercises in the past have been investigated and the results are now in,” says Alderman for the Environment Rick Brans (Open Diest). “The results show that additional research is needed in those places. To be clear: there is no reason to panic, but there is a reason to carry out that additional research. We will have to wait for the results of that investigation to see how to proceed with this.”

Local residents have received a letter with precautions they should follow, such as not drinking well water. Watering the vegetable garden and eating homegrown vegetables is also not a good idea at this time. There will be an information meeting on Friday, January 21.

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