Pesticide Poison in French Islands by Matt Byrnes
As of last Friday on October 25th, it's been reported that the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique contains pesticide. According to Laurence Peter of BBC News, chlordecone, a pesticide linked to cancer has been sprayed on banana crops on the two islands for two decades. As of a result, all nearly all adult local residents contain traces of chlordecone inside their blood. The French do know of this issue as their President, Emmanuel Macron called it an "environmental scandal." Macron also stated that the state "must take responsibility. In addition, the French parliament has set up a public inquiry that will report its findings this upcoming December. On the islands, both the soil, the rivers, and the coastal waters have large tracts that are contaminated with the chlordecone. Authorities want to keep it out of the food chain, however, most produce comes from smal...