Preview of the film “Mine d’or et d’arsenic”

The story of a team of scientists on a mission to clean up the most polluted site in France.

After a century of mining the largest gold and arsenic deposits— in Europe and the world—environmental damage and human suffering have been observed in Salsigne, Aude. There seemed to be no hope . Yet researchers have made incredible discoveries in ecological chemistry that are restoring hope to local residents. The dawn of a new era.

In the presence of the filmmakers and Claude GRISON, along with the ChimEco / University of Montpellier / CNRS team.