Guadeloupe ndi Martinique ali ndi ena mwa anthu omwe ali ndi khansa ya prostate yapamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo chlordecone yakhala ikugwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri m'minda kwa zaka zoposa 20.
Tiburts Cleon anayamba kugwira ntchito ali wachinyamata m’minda yaikulu ya nthochi ku Guadeloupe. Kwa zaka makumi asanu, iye anagwira ntchito mwakhama m’minda, akumathera maola ambiri m’dzuŵa la Caribbean. Kenako, miyezi ingapo atapuma pantchito mu 2021, adapezeka ndi khansa ya prostate, matenda omwe adakhudza anzake ambiri.
Chithandizo ndi opaleshoni ya Kleon zinali zopambana kwambiri, ndipo amadziona kuti anali ndi mwayi kuti achira. Komabe, zotsatira za moyo wonse za prostatectomy, monga kusadziletsa kwa mkodzo, kusabereka ndi kusagwira bwino ntchito kwa erectile, zikhoza kusintha moyo. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, anzake ambiri a Kleon amachita manyazi komanso amazengereza kulankhula poyera za mavuto awo. “Moyo unasintha pamene anandipeza ndi kansa ya prostate,” iye anatero. “Anthu ena amataya mtima wofuna kukhala ndi moyo.”
Ogwira ntchito anali kutengeka maganizo kwambiri. Nthawi zonse nkhani ya chlordecone ikafika, pamakhala mkwiyo wochuluka kwa omwe ali ndi mphamvu - boma, opanga mankhwala ophera tizilombo komanso makampani a nthochi.
Jean-Marie Nomertain anagwira ntchito m’minda ya nthochi ku Guadeloupe mpaka 2001. Masiku ano, ndi mlembi wamkulu wa bungwe la General Confederation of Labor pachilumbachi, lomwe limaimira ogwira ntchito m’minda. Amadzudzula vutoli ku boma la France komanso opanga nthochi. "Kunali kupha dala poyizoni ndi boma, ndipo iwo ankadziwa bwino zotsatira zake," adatero.
Zolemba zikuwonetsa kuti koyambirira kwa 1968, pempho la chilolezo chogwiritsa ntchito Chlordecone linakanidwa chifukwa kafukufuku adawonetsa kuti ndi poizoni kwa nyama komanso chiwopsezo cha kuipitsidwa kwa chilengedwe. Pambuyo pa zokambirana zambiri za kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake ndi mafunso ena angapo, dipatimentiyi inasintha chisankho chake ndipo inavomereza kugwiritsa ntchito Chlordecone mu 1972. Chlordecone inagwiritsidwa ntchito kwa zaka makumi awiri.
Mu 2021, boma la France lidawonjezera khansa ya prostate pamndandanda wamatenda omwe amabwera chifukwa cha mankhwala ophera tizilombo, kupambana pang'ono kwa ogwira ntchito. Boma linakhazikitsa thumba la ndalama zolipirira anthu ozunzidwa, ndipo pofika kumapeto kwa chaka chatha, zodandaula 168 zinali zitavomerezedwa.
Kwa ena, zimakhala zochepa, mochedwa kwambiri. Yvon Serenus, pulezidenti wa Martinique Union of Agricultural Workers Poisoned by Pesticides, amayenda kudutsa ku Martinique makamaka kukayendera anthu odwala m’minda. Ulendo wa ola limodzi kuchokera ku likulu la Fort-de-France kupita ku Sainte-Marie, minda ya nthochi yosatha imafika chakumapeto—chikumbutso chodabwitsa chakuti malonda a nthochi akukhudzabe dzikolo ndi anthu ake.
Wantchito Silen adakumana naye nthawi ino anali wopuma pantchito posachedwa. Anali ndi zaka 65 zokha ndipo ankapuma mothandizidwa ndi makina olowera mpweya. Pamene anayamba kukambitsirana m’Creole ndi kulemba mafomu, mwamsanga anawona kuti kunali kuyesayesa kopambanitsa. Analoza kapepala kolembedwa pamanja patebulopo. Inandandalika matenda osachepera 10, kuphatikizapo “vuto la prostate” lomwe anamupeza nalo.
Antchito ambiri amene anakumana nawo anali kudwala matenda osiyanasiyana, osati kansa ya prostate yokha. Ngakhale pali kafukufuku wokhudzana ndi zotsatira zina za chlordecone, monga mavuto a mahomoni ndi mtima, akadali ochepa kwambiri kuti apereke chipukuta misozi. Ndi nsonga ina yowawa kwa ogwira ntchito, makamaka amayi, omwe atsala opanda kalikonse.
Mphamvu ya chlordecone imapitilira kuposa ogwira ntchito m'minda. Mankhwalawa amawononganso anthu okhala m'deralo kudzera m'zakudya. Mu 2014, akuti 90% ya okhalamo anali ndi chlordecone m'magazi awo.
Pofuna kuchepetsa kukhudzidwa, anthu ayenera kupewa kudya zakudya zomwe zili ndi kachilombo zomwe zabzalidwa kapena zogwidwa m'madera omwe ali ndi kachilombo. Vutoli lidzafuna kusintha kwa moyo wautali, ndipo palibe mapeto, chifukwa chlordecone imatha kuwononga nthaka kwa zaka 600.
Ku Guadeloupe ndi Martinique, kukhala ndi nthaka sichizoloŵezi chabe, koma chokhala ndi mizu yozama. Minda yachikiliyoni inayamba kalekale kuzilumbazi, ndipo mabanja ambiri amakhala ndi chakudya komanso mankhwala. Iwo ndi umboni wodzidalira umene unayamba ndi anthu apachilumbachi ndipo unaumbidwa ndi mibadwo ya akapolo.
Nthawi yotumiza: Apr-01-2025