Since now 2 years, a team of scientists crisscrosses high-altitude lakes to detect the presence of microplastic pollutants. This Wednesday, sample collection continued at Lac Blanc in Chamonix, Emmanuel Jaud was on site.
Haute-Savoie is dotted with large altitude lakes that create unique panoramas. Fragile ecosystems, watched carefully by a local child : hydrobiologist Grégory Tourreau. For the first time, he analyzes the purity of the waters of Lac Vert, a wonder with emerald reflections, threatened by microplastics. Extract from the show “Roots …
Explanation of the scientific protocol of the Plastilac project by David Gateuille, Savoie Mont-Blanc University Extract from the report produced by LE TEMPS magazine (journalists Iams Chaz and Isabelle Boudjki)
Frédéric GILLET, David GATEUILLE, Gregory TOURREAU PLASTILAC : Lac Pormenaz analysis CANAL9 report by Didier DE IACO and Matthias DERVEY
Report LE TEMPS Chams IAZ Isabelle BOUDJKHIPlastilac : Frédéric Gillet, David Gateuille, Gregory TourreauPlastic production has exploded in recent years. We followed the scientific team of the "Plastilac" project in Haute-Savoie, which studies pollution and the presence of microplastics in mountain lakes.
PLASTILAC 8 MontBlanc – Frédéric Gillet and Jean-Baptise Bosson Broadcast Direct access 8 Mont-Blanc from 25 September 2016 presented by Emmanuel JAUD
Plastilac - Lac Anterne - Frédéric Gillet, Emmanuel Naffrechoux, Johnny Gasperi, David Gateuille, Peter Gallinelli, Gregory Tourreau, Florian Moreau Report from France3 Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, program 19/20 of 06 September 2019, directed by journalists Serge WORRETH and Maxime QUEMENER
Presentation of the PLASTILAC project by Frédéric GILLET.PLASTILAC is a research project for microplastics in high altitude lakes, produced in collaboration with the AQUALTI association, SAVOIE MONT-BLANC University, the University PARIS EST-CRETEIL and the conservatory of natural spaces of Haute-Savoie (ASTERS). The project is funded by the Alpine Ecology Laboratory and the Eau Neige Glace foundation. …
