In the sun-baked hills near Vergèze, southern France, Perrier’s iconic water source faces a crisis. Heavy rainfall led to fecal contamination in one of Perrier’s seven wells, prompting production suspension and destruction of over two million bottles. A leaked 2023 report revealed traces of banned pesticides linked to cancer in the water source, echoing a […]
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