Photo: AFPNearly three million French people are drinking polluted tap water, according to a new study and most of them live in rural areas. French consumers group UFC Que Choisir published a report on Thursday that revealed 2.8 million French people were drinking polluted tap water. The most affected areas are in areas of intense agriculture in rural France, where pesticides and nitrates have got into the water supplies. Around three percent of households have polluted tap water due to the presence of lead, copper, or nickel from corroded pipes, the report found. UFC Que Choisir pointed out that drinking tap water was 65 times cheaper than buying bottled water in France, and urged the government to consider "a fundamental reform of the agricultural water policy".

Source: The Local January 27, 2017 09:30 UTC