Thursday, April 21, 2016

“The air is not breathable”: the map of France of victims of pesticides – The Obs

“I live in the vineyards and confirm that air is not breathable treatment days.” “I have a vegetable garden and field border bees and every year I see an abnormal and alarming mortality.” “At school, there was a big machine and the teacher told us to put your hand over your mouth and go home.” These testimonies are delivered by French living around crops using pesticides.

Future Generations, a national association of environmental protection approved since 2008 by the Ministry of Ecology, published this Thursday, April 21 an interactive map that delivers 200 testimonies of professionals or residents victims of pesticides. 200 additional testimony being validated should complete the card. Eventually, the association wants to set up a national aid coordination bringing together victims’ organizations.

& gt; & gt; Click here to access the interactive map of victims of pesticides.



Headaches, allergies, asthma …

The aim of this map is to prove that the territory is exposed to harmful products for humans that can cause headaches, allergies, asthma and irritation. Or promote the development of lung cancer, bowel or prostate cancer, leukemia or Parkinson’s disease.

Patrick, Alsatian farmer who used pesticides, developed an early Parkinson to age of 35 years. Laurent, a former employee of a food company in the Cotes d’Armor has, meanwhile, been dismissed for incapacity due to a hypersensitivity to multiple chemicals developed in contact with grain treated with pesticides.



100,000 tonnes of hazardous pesticides

On March 20, 2016, the International Agency for Research on the World Health Organization Cancer (IARC) has designated five pesticide effects carcinogens. The herbicide glyphosate, found in Roundup, and malathion and diazinon insecticides were classified as “probable human carcinogens” by the association. The tetrachlorvinphos and parathion insecticides are, in turn, regarded as “possibly carcinogenic”.

But the evidence on the link between the development of these diseases and pesticide exposure are not strong enough these products are subject to a ban in France. Most farmers are struggling to gain recognition for their Parkinson’s disease or cancer as an occupational disease due to exposure to pesticides.

According to a survey conducted by “Cash Investigation” broadcast on France 2 February 2, 100,000 tons of pesticides classified as hazardous or potentially hazardous to humans are used each year in France.

Mr. H.

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