Lead found on the floor of this Paris metro station
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The station Saint-Michel RER C, near Notre-Dame, was closed for cleaning after the discovery of lead that could come from the fire of the cathedral.
Lead, which could come from the fire of Notre-Dame, was discovered in Paris on the grounds of the neighboring station Saint-Michel RER C, which was closed Wednesday morning for cleaning and "by precaution", a- we learned Friday from the SNCF.
"Our experts believe that there is a plausible connection" with the fire of the cathedral, said a spokesman for the railway group, stating that there was "no lead in the air, nor on furniture "but only" on the ground ", in deposits" a little sticky ".
The lead could be "brought by the soles of the shoes of our customers," added the spokesperson.
It is "on the occasion of sampling carried out prior to work", planned this summer, that "unusually high lead measurements" were identified "on a bridge" of the station, explains the SNCF in a text of information to travelers.
On Tuesday night, the group decided to carry out "additional analyzes, immediately started" and to launch "immediate cleaning measures, which meant closing the station", which "will reopen this weekend", adds there.
The SNCF transmitted the results of the samples to the Regional Health Agency (ARS), which "noted the effectiveness of the first cleaning measures carried out", allowing "to return to satisfactory levels on the bridge", indicates the business.
The ARS noted that the withdrawals on the RER C platforms were consistent with "the values normally retained", according to the SNCF. The ARS also recommended to continue cleaning "in the other indoor spaces of the station accessible to the public".
New samples will be taken "regularly" and, if necessary, cleaning operations will be carried out "night," promises the SNCF.
At RATP, which runs the stations of RER B and Metro Line 4 in Saint-Michel, "there is no such situation," a spokesman for the Régie said.
Informed Wednesday by the SNCF, the RATP carried out "measures relating to the presence of lead in the station of the RER B of Saint-Michel and in the surrounding metro stations" (stations Saint-Michel and Cité of line 4, station Cluny -The Sorbonne line 10), he said.
These measures, "shared with the LRA, confirmed the absence of exceeding the regulatory thresholds for lead," he added.
In addition, these neighboring RER B and metro stations have benefited from "thorough cleaning" since May, he said.
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