Report on the harmful effects of pesticides on the health of farmers. Social security recognizes certain diseases as occupational diseases related to pesticides. This link was determined by experts. The associations regret that these diseases are recognized by the drop. The commentary alternates with interviews with Raymond MANCHON, winemaker in the Pyrénées Orientales, and Jean Luc DUPUPET, medical consultant at the Mutuelle sociale agricole (MSA).
The AFSSA (French Food Safety Agency) sees the independence of its experts questioned. The commentary alternates with interviews with Serge HERCBERG, former expert at AFSSA Vice-President of the National Nutrition Health Program (PNNS), Pierre MENETON, expert for AFSSA researcher at INSERM, and Martin HIRSCH, president of AFSSA, which suggests a lack of independence of the agency with progress but still significant margins of progress to be made in this area.
The AFSSA (French Food Safety Agency) sees the independence of its experts questioned. Interview with Isabelle ROBARD, lawyer specialized in Health Law.
Continuation of the report on the role of lobbies with parliamentarians. Delphine BATHO, MP Generation ecology of Deux-Sèvres questioned the Union of Plant Protection Industries (UIPP) to have access to confidential documents on glyphosate in relation to the food bill. Interview with Matthieu ORPHELIN, deputy LREM Maine et Loire.
Report on the role of lobbies with parliamentarians. Delphine BATHO, MP Generation ecology of Deux-Sèvres questioned the Union of Plant Protection Industries (UIPP) to have access to confidential documents on glyphosate in relation to the food bill. Interviews and excerpts from speeches by Delphine BATHO, and Delphine GUEY, Director of Public Affairs UIPP.
In Saint Régis du Coin in the Parc du Pilat, a circuit has been arranged to allow the observation of the bog of Gimel. Host Roland Vivière explains that by welcoming groups of children to raise awareness of the environment and the fragility of a peat bog, they will be actors in the protection of these wetlands.
The days of June 25 and 26 will allow the discovery of regional nature parks on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the creation of these parks. In the park of Pilat various activities are planned, such as the discovery of a solar heating system, night hikes, etc.
At the gates of Saint Etienne and Lyon, the Pilat Regional Natural Park is a paradise for nature lovers. The park offers trails for all tastes, from hikers, mountain bikers and horses. To watch over the trails the eco guards work on maintenance and marking. Nathanaël Arsac, ecoguard technician, describes the tasks of ecoguards to maintain the park and its paths in a satsifaisant state for hikers but also for the maintenance of the eco-system of the park.
By decree of 1 March 1967, Mount Pilat became a Regional Natural Park in 1974. Spread over six cantons in the department of the Loire (20 municipalities), it is the place for Sunday walks of Lyonnais and Stephanois who go there to enjoy its rivers and meadows.
Pilat Regional Park celebrates its 10th anniversary. If it is an example of successful management, this is not the case for all parks. Huguette BOUCHARDEAU, Minister for the Environment, wants activities within them to be balanced: respect for the environment must not kill economic activity.
An agreement has just been signed between Parc du Pilat and Lyonnaise des Eaux DUMEZ for the protection of water quality. Interview president of the park on what this alliance can bring in terms of information of local elected officials on the pb of water. L. NEUWIRTH stresses the importance of grassroots action by elected officials.
The Regional Natural Park participates in a study led by the Research Center on Alpine Ecology. The aim is to measure the impact of climate change on fauna and flora over a decade. And for this, the Park calls on about sixty volunteers who invite the inhabitants to observe the phenology: the dates of events in plants and animals. Knowing how species adapt makes it possible to consider ways of preservation, to limit the losses. With the interviews of - Louis Vallot Biodiversity Observer for "Phénoclim"; - Pierrick Exertier Biodiversity Observer for "Phenolac"; - Régis Didier In charge of the Observatoire de la Biodiversité Parc Naturel du Pilat
Five years after the creation of the Parc du Pilat the results are positive since all the elements of the charter have been respected. Today a new charter is under consideration and the areas to be strengthened will be in the fieldss of environment and employment.
A la Réunion, après le passage du cyclone Connie, les dégâts ont été limités en forêt en raison du bon enracinement des arbres. Les toits en tôle ont résisté. Un maraîcher qui avait renforcé la couverture de ses serres déplore des dégâts. Interviews de Bernard Auguste, élagueur, d'un habitant, et d'Edward de la Hogue, maraîcher.
In Reunion, cyclone Gamède caused damage. In Piton Fougères, a high-voltage electric battery fell right in front of a family home. "The fear of his life" testifies the father of family. The wind and the rain are always important, so the family remains locked up, taking care as it can. It is fortunately equipped with a generator.
Reunion Island is preparing to face the strong winds and the submersive waves of cyclone Emnati. The inhabitants make provisions for water, and cans. Boat owners reinforce the amara so that the hulls do not break.
Cyclone Hyacinthe killed 26 people and caused much damage on the island of Reunion: thousands of victims, flooded houses, electrical installations and roads destroyed, and pipeline breaks causing drinking water supply problems. Journalists film landslides, rubble in the streets, destroyed roads and interview victims.
Le cyclone Firinga s'est abattu sur La Réunion, faisant 3 morts et plus de 6000 sans abris. Selon les témoignages il soufflait à plus 200 Km/heure. Il se dirige maintenant vers Madagascar.
"I hid under the bed so I was afraid," says a Reunionese after the passage of cyclone Dina. The damage is particularly severe in La Montagne, the roofs have been torn down, the houses devastated and the roads cut. The city of Saint Paul is flooded. Patrick Lallemand, firefighter says that the population respected the confinement instructions. In an emergency shelter, a woman says she lost everything.
111 years after his death the Irish writer and poet Oscar Wilde has a new grave in the Parisian cemetery of Père Lachaise. Classified as a historical monument, the ancient tomb had been damaged by the repeated assaults of the poet’s lovers, who had become accustomed to kissing the stone or covering it with graffiti and lipstick. It is now protected by glass walls while a new stele has been unveiled to the public in the presence of admirers, the British actor Rupert Everett and Merlin Holland, grandson of Oscar Wilde.