The indiscriminate use of toxic pesticides on banana plantations in the French Caribbean has left much of the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe poisoned for a century to come, a report to the French parliament warned yesterday. The two islands and their 800,000 inhabitants faced a "health disaster", with soaring rates of cancer and infertility, said Professor Dominique Belpomme, a French cancer specialist.
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Illicit banana pesticide is blamed for ‘cancer disaster’ in Caribbean - The Times 19th September 2007
'Health disaster' in French Caribbean linked to pesticides - The Independent 19th September 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
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