Chlordecone: French deputies adopt a text recognizing the “responsibility” of the State. This pesticide is associated with an increased risk of cancer, and despite the risk to health and the environment, it continued to be authorized in banana plantations in Guadeloupe and Martinique until 1993.
In the port of Trois-Rivières, in Guadaloupe, fishing is prohibited due to chlordec one pollution. The bill, which was carried by the socialist deputy of Guadelupe, Elie Califer, was passed unanimously by voters this Thursday.