Jussieu Campus

• France
• 75
• Paris
• Ile-de-France

Description

The Jussieu Campus (Campus Universitaire de Jussieu) is a higher education campus located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the main campus of the Pierre and Marie Curie University. The worrisome aspect of the Jussieu architecture was its extensive use of asbestos as a fire retardant. Asbestos fibers are carcinogenic when inhaled. As a consequence, the use of asbestos in buildings is prohibited in France, but was not at the time when the campus was built. An ambitious clean-up program was begun in 1997 after some high-profile protests, ans lasted until 2016