mercredi 20 août 2014

Guyana petition against the controversial insecticide

Malathion can be used experimentally in the fight against Chikungunya mosquitoes. But people think that environmental and health protection measures are not available.

Request Guyana almost 1,000 signatures collected against the use of insecticides, malathion, combating mosquito Chikungunya Wednesday for a week after it went online.

Guyana is concerned, such as epidemics, strikes Chikungunya Caribbean for the first time in this region of the world. According to a recent epidemiological were 1,665 cases in this section, 230, 000, which is not a widespread epidemic phase reported.

In the case of the fight against the spread of the virus, health authorities in early August employment authorization by special permit for another six months, insecticide commonly used (deltamethrin). It is expected that in the coming weeks, the product has not yet been delivered.

With 948 signatures, the authors of this petition - people who prefer to remain anonymous -. He praised the "success" of "given the information and the alleged statements and embarrassed the government, it is clear that we do not stop," the authors explicitly addressed told AFP, "prohibit [malathion] Guyana."

"We follow only the concepts of public debate (free), transparency (really) and information (factual and objective), the concepts remain the official announcements, but it is still there in the process," they say.

The voice of citizens and scientists who speak out against the next use of malathion, the regional council organized a meeting Thursday Guyana Cayenne "exchange and discussion" in scientific organizations. Region of Guyana questions "(...)

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