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Research minister launches €100m centre as questions persist on site clearance
Part of the site in the southern-Paris suburb of Villejuif allocated to a new cancer research and care biocluster will need to be cleared of 20,000 tonnes of rubbish and decontaminated before work can begin, it has been revealed.
On 4 February, the newspaper Le Monde said that a report by consultancy firm Antea Group for the regional prefecture (the regional branch of central government) had estimated that 30,200 cubic metres of rubbish had been dumped on the site—a former military base. Construction waste, old household appliances and asbestos are all present.
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