Guadeloupe ndi Martinique zili ndi ena mwa anthu omwe ali ndi khansa ya prostate yochuluka 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 ikuluikulu ya nthochi ku Guadeloupe. Kwa zaka makumi asanu, ankagwira ntchito mwakhama m'minda, akukhala maola ambiri padzuwa la ku Caribbean. Kenako, miyezi ingapo atapuma pantchito mu 2021, anapezeka ndi khansa ya prostate, matenda omwe anakhudza anzake ambiri.
Chithandizo ndi opaleshoni ya Kleon zinayenda bwino kwambiri, ndipo amadziona kuti ndi wamwayi chifukwa chakuti wachira. Komabe, zotsatira za moyo wonse za opaleshoni ya prostate, monga kusadziletsa mkodzo, kusabereka komanso kusagwira bwino ntchito kwa erectile, zitha kusintha moyo. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, ambiri mwa ogwira nawo ntchito a Kleon amachita manyazi komanso safuna kulankhula pagulu za mavuto awo. "Moyo unasintha pamene ndinapezeka ndi khansa ya prostate," adatero. "Anthu ena amataya mtima wofuna kukhala ndi moyo."
Maganizo pakati pa ogwira ntchito anali okwera kwambiri. Nthawi iliyonse nkhani ya chlordecone ikabuka, pamakhala mkwiyo waukulu kwa omwe ali ndi mphamvu - boma, opanga mankhwala ophera tizilombo ndi makampani opanga nthochi.
Jean-Marie Nomertain anagwira ntchito m'minda ya nthochi ku Guadeloupe mpaka mu 2001. Masiku ano, ndi mlembi wamkulu wa General Confederation of Labour pachilumbachi, chomwe chikuyimira ogwira ntchito m'minda. Iye akunena kuti vutoli lili m'manja mwa boma la France ndi alimi a nthochi. "Unali poizoni wopangidwa ndi boma, ndipo ankadziwa bwino zotsatira zake," adatero.
Zolemba zikusonyeza kuti kuyambira mu 1968, pempho la chilolezo chogwiritsa ntchito Chlordecone linakanidwa chifukwa kafukufuku adawonetsa kuti inali poizoni kwa nyama komanso chiopsezo cha kuipitsidwa kwa chilengedwe. Pambuyo pa kukambirana kwakukulu kwa oyang'anira ndi mafunso ena angapo, dipatimentiyo pomaliza pake idasintha chisankho chake ndikuvomereza kugwiritsa ntchito Chlordecone mu 1972. Kenako Chlordecone idagwiritsidwa ntchito kwa zaka makumi awiri.
Mu 2021, boma la France linawonjezera khansa ya prostate pamndandanda wa matenda okhudzana ndi ntchito okhudzana ndi kukhudzana ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo, kupambana kochepa kwa ogwira ntchito. Boma linakhazikitsa thumba lolipirira ozunzidwa, ndipo kumapeto kwa chaka chatha, madandaulo 168 anali atavomerezedwa.
Kwa ena, ndi zochepa kwambiri, mochedwa kwambiri. Yvon Serenus, purezidenti wa Martinique Union of Agricultural Workers Poisoned by Pesticides, amayenda kudutsa Martinique makamaka kukachezera ogwira ntchito m'minda odwala. Ulendo wa ola limodzi kuchokera ku likulu la mzinda wa Fort-de-France kupita ku Sainte-Marie, minda yambiri ya nthochi imafika patali—chikumbutso chodziwikiratu kuti mafakitale a nthochi amakhudzabe nthaka ndi anthu ake.
Wantchito amene Silen anakumana naye nthawi ino anali atapuma pantchito posachedwapa. Anali ndi zaka 65 zokha ndipo ankapuma pogwiritsa ntchito makina opumira mpweya. Pamene anayamba kukambirana mu Chikiliyo ndikudzaza mafomu, anaganiza mwachangu kuti ndi khama lalikulu. Analoza kalata yolembedwa pamanja patebulo. Inalemba matenda osachepera 10, kuphatikizapo "vuto la prostate" lomwe adapezeka nalo.
Antchito ambiri omwe adakumana nawo adadwala matenda osiyanasiyana, osati khansa ya prostate yokha. Ngakhale pali kafukufuku wokhudza zotsatira zina za chlordecone, monga mavuto a mahomoni ndi mtima, komabe ndi ochepa kwambiri moti sangafunikire kulipidwa ndalama zambiri. Ndi vuto lina lopweteka kwa ogwira ntchito, makamaka akazi, omwe alibe chilichonse.
Mphamvu ya chlordecone imafalikira kwambiri kuposa ogwira ntchito m'minda. Mankhwalawa amadetsanso anthu okhala m'deralo kudzera mu chakudya. Mu 2014, akuti 90% ya anthu okhala m'deralo anali ndi chlordecone m'magazi awo.
Kuti anthu achepetse kukhudzana ndi matendawa, ayenera kupewa kudya chakudya chodetsedwa chomwe chimalimidwa kapena kugwidwa m'malo odetsedwa. Vutoli lifunika kusintha moyo wawo kwa nthawi yayitali, ndipo palibe chomwe chingatheke, chifukwa chlordecone imatha kuipitsa nthaka kwa zaka 600.
Ku Guadeloupe ndi Martinique, kukhala ndi moyo kuchokera ku nthaka si chizolowezi chokha, koma ndi chizolowezi chokhala ndi mizu yakale kwambiri. Minda ya Creole ili ndi mbiri yakale kwambiri pazilumbazi, zomwe zimapatsa mabanja ambiri chakudya ndi zomera zamankhwala. Ndi umboni wa kudzidalira komwe kunayamba ndi anthu achilengedwe pachilumbachi ndipo kunapangidwa ndi mibadwo ya akapolo.
Nthawi yotumizira: Epulo-01-2025