Tag: chlordecone
The “responsibility” of the State recognized in the chlordecone scandal in the West Indies: “We are delighted but it is not enough”
The State’s responsibility in the health scandal involving chlordecone, a pesticide long used in banana plantations in the Antilles, is officially recognized by the National Assembly. According to a study…
Chlordecone: scientists were already warning about the risks of cancer in the 1980s
News Published on 04/21/2023 at 6:58 p.m. Updated 04/21/2023 at 6:58 p.m. Reading 2 mins. According to archives found by the Radio France investigation unit, the risks of cancer caused…
West Indies: exposure to chlordecone would harm the cognitive development of children
News Published on 02/28/2023 at 3:11 p.m. Updated 02/28/2023 at 3:11 p.m. Reading 2 mins. According to an Inserm study, pre or postnatal exposure to chlordecone would have a harmful…
Chlordecone still impacts cognitive development in children
Despite the cessation of its use in the Antilles 30 years ago as an insecticide, chlordecone persisting in the environment continues to contaminate populations. An international research team, involving researchers…
Dismissal in the chlordecone case: “This decision is nonsense”
The pesticide used in banana plantations until 1993 is the cause of lasting pollution in the West Indies and many cancers. This health scandal ended in the dismissal of French…
Dismissal in the chlordecone case: one of the lawyers announces an appeal
News Published on 01/06/2023 at 1:41 p.m. Updated 01/06/2023 at 1:41 p.m. Reading 3 mins. It’s official: the investigating judges of the Paris health center have decided to dismiss the…
Overexposure to chlordecone in the West Indies: advice from ANSES to limit the risks
News Published on 08/12/2022 at 11:55 am Updated 08/12/2022 at 11:55 am Reading 1 min. While the West Indian population is still suffering from the toxic effects of chlordecone –…
Chlordecone in the West Indies: end of investigations, pending a dismissal
News Published on 04/07/2022 at 10:38 p.m., Reading 3 mins. After sixteen years of investigations, the case could end with no indictment for poisoning with chlordecone of more than 90%…
Chlordecone in the West Indies: prostate cancer finally recognized as an occupational disease
News Posted the 12/22/2021 at 2:25 p.m., update the 12/22/2021 at 2:25 p.m. 2 min read The decree recognizing as an occupational disease prostate cancer linked to exposure to a…