Thomas Goorden

Thomas Goorden is a Belgian physicist by training. He is currently working as an investigative journalist for Apache.

Figures and reports do not hold their secrets for long under his feline eye. This is how he unveiled the PFAS scandal surrounding 3M and the Oosterweel link.

Since October 2024, he has been sinking his teeth into investigative pieces for Apache. He focuses on environmental pollution, climate change, ‘anything with computers’, disinformation campaigns and science fraud.

Last modified:

13/06/2025

Inside the Global Trade that Moves PFAS Downstream

VICENZA / LOTE PARSHURAM - What happens to a Western chemical plant after it closes down due to causing an environmental disaster? To India. This investigation reveals how a factory producing PFAS at the centre of an environmental scandal in Italy was dismantled and rebuilt in India, where production of 'forever chemicals' has resumed.

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PFAS in Belgian spring water

BRUSSELS - Spring and mineral waters from the Ardennes, the High Fens and East Flanders contain traces of ultra short PFAS. Analyses ordered by Apache show that TFA has seeped deep into the natural water veins.

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The true cost of a new ethane cracker

ANTWERP – In Lillo, Antwerp, chemical giant Ineos is working hard on its new ethane cracker. Project One. From US shale fields to plastic waste in European incinerators, the plant will emit ten times more CO₂ than Ineos's own projected emissions for the cracker.

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Inside the Global Trade that Moves PFAS Downstream

PFAS in Belgian spring water

The true cost of a new ethane cracker

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