IGuadeloupe kunye neMartinique zinezinga eliphezulu lomhlaza weprostate kwihlabathi liphela, kwaye i-chlordecone ibisetyenziswa kakhulu emasimini kangangeminyaka engaphezu kwama-20.
UTiburts Cleon waqala ukusebenza esemncinci kumasimi amakhulu ebhanana aseGuadeloupe. Kangangeminyaka engamashumi amahlanu, wayesebenza nzima emasimini, echitha iiyure ezininzi elangeni laseCaribbean. Emva koko, emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa ethathe umhlala-phantsi ngo-2021, wafunyaniswa ukuba unomhlaza weprostate, isifo esachaphazela uninzi lwabasebenzi bakhe.
Unyango lukaKleon kunye notyando lwakhe lube yimpumelelo enkulu, kwaye uzibona enethamsanqa lokuba uphilile. Nangona kunjalo, iziphumo zotyando lwe-prostate, ezinje ngokungakwazi ukuzibamba, ukungazali kunye nokungasebenzi kakuhle kwe-erectile, zinokutshintsha ubomi. Ngenxa yoko, uninzi lwabalingane bakaKleon baziva beneentloni kwaye bengafuni ukuthetha esidlangalaleni ngeengxaki zabo. “Ubomi batshintsha xa ndafunyaniswa ndinomhlaza we-prostate,” utshilo. “Abanye abantu balahlekelwa yiminqweno yokuphila.”
Iimvakalelo phakathi kwabasebenzi beziphezulu. Nanini na xa kuphakanyiswa umxholo we-chlordecone, kukho umsindo omkhulu ojoliswe kwabo basemagunyeni - urhulumente, abavelisi bezibulali-zinambuzane kunye nomzi-mveliso webhanana.
UJean-Marie Nomertain wasebenza kumasimi eebhanana aseGuadeloupe de kwaba ngu-2001. Namhlanje, ungunobhala jikelele we-General Confederation of Labour yesiqithi, emele abasebenzi bamasimi. Utyhola urhulumente waseFransi kunye nabavelisi bebhanana ngale ngxaki. “Yayiyityhefu eyenziwe ngabom ngurhulumente, kwaye babesazi kakuhle ngemiphumo,” utshilo.
Iingxelo zibonisa ukuba kwasekuqaleni kowe-1968, isicelo semvume yokusebenzisa iChlordecone saliwe kuba uphando lubonisa ukuba inetyhefu kwizilwanyana kwaye inokubangela ungcoliseko lokusingqongileyo. Emva kwengxoxo eninzi yolawulo kunye neminye imibuzo eliqela, isebe ekugqibeleni lajika isigqibo salo laza lavuma ukusetyenziswa kweChlordecone ngo-1972. IChlordecone yasetyenziswa iminyaka engamashumi amabini.
Ngowama-2021, urhulumente waseFransi wongeze umhlaza weprostate kuluhlu lwezifo ezibangelwa kukuvezwa kwezibulali-zinambuzane emsebenzini, nto leyo eloyiso lincinci kubasebenzi. Urhulumente waseka ingxowa-mali yokuhlawula amaxhoba, kwaye ekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo, amabango ali-168 ayevunyiwe.
Kwabanye, kuncinci kakhulu, kusemva kwexesha. UYvon Serenus, umongameli weMartinique Union of Agricultural Workers Poisoned by Pesticides, uhamba ngeMartinique ngokukodwa ukuya kutyelela abasebenzi basemasimini abagulayo. Umgama weyure ngemoto ukusuka kwikomkhulu iFort-de-France ukuya eSainte-Marie, amasimi ebhanana angenasiphelo afikelela elundini—isikhumbuzo esicacileyo sokuba ishishini lebhanana lisawuchaphazela umhlaba kunye nabantu bawo.
Umsebenzi uSilen awadibana naye ngeli xesha wayesandul’ ukuthatha umhlala-phantsi. Wayeneminyaka engama-65 kuphela ubudala kwaye ephefumla ngoncedo lomatshini womoya. Njengoko babeqala ukuthetha ngesiCreole baze bazalise amafomu, wagqiba ngokukhawuleza ukuba ngumzamo omkhulu. Wakhomba inqaku elibhalwe ngesandla etafileni. Lalidwelisa ubuncinane izifo ezili-10, kuquka “ingxaki yeprostate” awayefunyaniswe enayo.
Uninzi lwabasebenzi awadibana nabo babenezifo ezahlukeneyo, kungekuphela nje komhlaza weprostate. Nangona kukho uphando ngezinye iziphumo ze-chlordecone, ezifana neengxaki zehomoni nezentliziyo, isencinci kakhulu ukuba ingafanele ihlawulwe ngakumbi. Le yenye ingongoma ebuhlungu kubasebenzi, ingakumbi abafazi, abashiywe bengenanto.
Impembelelo ye-chlordecone idlulela ngaphaya kwabasebenzi basemasimini. Le khemikhali ikwangcolisa abemi basekuhlaleni ngokutya. Ngo-2014, kwaqikelelwa ukuba ama-90% abemi babene-chlordecone egazini labo.
Ukuze kuncitshiswe ukuvezwa, abantu kufuneka bakuphephe ukutya ukutya okungcolileyo okukhuliswe okanye okubanjwe kwiindawo ezingcolisiweyo. Le ngxaki iya kufuna utshintsho lwendlela yokuphila ixesha elide, kwaye akukho siphelo sibonakalayo, njengoko i-chlordecone inokungcolisa umhlaba ukuya kuthi ga kwiminyaka engama-600.
EGuadeloupe naseMartinique, ukuphila ngomhlaba akuyonto nje eqhelekileyo, kodwa kukwakho neengcambu ezinzulu zembali. Iigadi zeCreole zinembali ende kwezi ziqithi, zibonelela iintsapho ezininzi ngokutya kunye nezityalo zonyango. Zibubungqina bokuzimela okwaqala ngabantu bomthonyama besi siqithi kwaye kwabunjwa zizizukulwana zamakhoboka.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Epreli-01-2025