A farmer poisoned with chlordecone

A farmer poisoned with chlordecone

Nine out of ten West Indians are said to have been contaminated with Chlordecone, an insectiside used against Charençon in banana plantations in the West Indies from 1973 to 1993 and which continues to pollute the soil. Testimony of a retired Guadeloupean agricultural worker, Claude JAFFARD, who handled the insectiside with his bare hands in the banana plantations: "We took the powder and put it like this at the foot of the bananas. We were given masks, but no one wore them. We were breathing plenty of it." At the time, no one warned him about the risk. At 73, he has prostate cancer. He accuses the state that authorized this product: "If it had been banned from the outset, no one could have used it. I’ve been poisoned and it’s slowly killing me."

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File : Chlordecone scandal

Publication date : 13 June 2018