IGuadeloupe neMartinique zinelona nani liphakamileyo lomhlaza wedlala lesinyi ehlabathini, yaye ichlordecone ibisetyenziswa kakhulu emasimini ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-20.
UTiburts Cleon waqala ukusebenza esekwishumi elivisayo kumasimi amakhulu ebhanana eGuadeloupe. Kangangamashumi amahlanu eminyaka, wayesebenza nzima emasimini, echitha iiyure ezininzi elangeni leCaribbean. Ke, kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva kokuthatha umhlala-phantsi ngo-2021, kwafunyaniswa ukuba unomhlaza wedlala lesinyi, isifo esachaphazela uninzi lwabalingane bakhe.
Unyango lukaKleon kunye notyando lwakhe lwaba yimpumelelo kakhulu, kwaye uzibona enethamsanqa ngokuchacha kwakhe. Nangona kunjalo, iziphumo zobomi bonke be-prostatectomy, ezifana nokungaphumeleli komchamo, ubudlolo kunye nokungasebenzi kakuhle kwe-erectile, kunokutshintsha ubomi. Ngenxa yoko, abaninzi koogxa bakaKleon baziva beneentloni yaye bemathidala ukuthetha esidlangalaleni ngobunzima babo. Uthi: “Ubomi batshintsha xa kwafunyaniswa ukuba ndinomhlaza wedlala lesinyi. "Abanye abantu baphulukana nomdla wokuphila."
Iimvakalelo zabasebenzi zaziphezulu. Nanini na xa umxholo we-chlordecone uvela, kukho umsindo omkhulu ojoliswe kwabo banegunya - urhulumente, abenzi be-pesticides kunye neshishini lebhanana.
UJean-Marie Nomertain wasebenza kumasimi eebhanana eGuadeloupe de kwangowama-2001. Namhlanje, ungunobhala jikelele woMbutho Jikelele Wezabasebenzi wesiqithi, omele abasebenzi basemasimini. Ubeka ityala kurhulumente waseFransi kunye nabavelisi bebhanana. “Yayikutyhefa ngabom ngurhulumente, kwaye babezazi ngokupheleleyo iziphumo,” utshilo.
Iirekhodi zibonisa ukuba kwangowe-1968, isicelo semvume yokusebenzisa iChlordecone sakhatywa kuba izifundo zibonise ukuba zinetyhefu kwizilwanyana kunye nomngcipheko wokungcoliseka kwendalo. Emva kweengxoxo ezininzi zolawulo kunye neminye imibuzo emininzi, isebe ekugqibeleni lasirhoxisa isigqibo salo laza lavuma ukusetyenziswa kweChlordecone ngo-1972. I-Chlordecone yasetyenziswa iminyaka engamashumi amabini.
Ngo-2021, urhulumente wase-France wongeza umhlaza wesibeleko kuluhlu lwezifo zasemsebenzini ezinxulumene nokuvezwa kwezibulali zinambuzane, uloyiso oluncinci lwabasebenzi. Urhulumente uye waseka ingxowa-mali yokuhlawula amaxhoba, kwaye ekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo, amabango ayi-168 aye avunywa.
Kwabanye, incinci kakhulu, ishiywe lixesha. UYvon Serenus, umongameli weManyano yaseMartinique yabasebenzi bezoLimo abatyhefwe zizibulali-zinambuzane, utyhutyha iMartinique ngokukhethekileyo ukuze atyelele abasebenzi basemasimini abagulayo. Uhambo lweyure ukusuka kwikomkhulu iFort-de-France ukuya eSainte-Marie, amasimi ebhanana angenasiphelo afikelela elundini—isikhumbuzo esicacileyo sokuba ishishini lebhanana lisachaphazela umhlaba nabantu bawo.
Umsebenzi uSilen adibane naye ngeli xesha wayesandula ukuthatha umhlala-phantsi. Wayeneminyaka engama-65 kuphela ubudala yaye ephefumla esebenzisa umatshini wokuphefumla. Njengoko babeqalisa ukuncokola ngesiCreole yaye bezalisa iifomu, wakhawuleza wagqiba kwelokuba ngumzamo omkhulu gqitha lowo. Watsho ekhomba inqaku elibhalwe ngesandla phezu kwetafile. Yadwelisa ubuncinane izigulo ezili-10, kuquka “ingxaki yedlala lesinyi” awayefunyaniswe enayo.
Uninzi lwabasebenzi awayedibana nabo babegula zizifo ezahlukahlukeneyo, kungekhona nje umhlaza wedlala lesinyi. Ngelixa kukho uphando kwezinye iziphumo ze-chlordecone, ezinje ngehomoni kunye neengxaki zentliziyo, zisanqongophele kakhulu kwiwaranti yembuyekezo eyandisiweyo. Ngomnye umba obuhlungu kubasebenzi, ingakumbi abasetyhini, abashiyeke bengenanto.
Impembelelo yechlordecone idlulela ngaphaya kwabasebenzi bezityalo. Le khemikhali ikwangcolisa abahlali basekuhlaleni ngokutya. Ngo-2014, kuqikelelwa ukuba i-90% yabahlali bane-chlordecone egazini labo.
Ukunciphisa ukuchanabeka, abantu bafanele bakuphephe ukutya ukutya okungcolisekileyo okulinywe okanye okubanjwe kwiindawo ezinentsholongwane. Le ngxaki iya kufuna utshintsho lwexesha elide lokuphila, kwaye akukho siphelo, njengoko i-chlordecone inokungcolisa umhlaba ukuya kwiminyaka engama-600.
EGuadeloupe naseMartinique, ukuphila ngaphandle komhlaba akungomkhwa nje, kodwa uneengcambu ezinzulu zembali. Izitiya zaseCreole zinembali ende kwezi ziqithi, zibonelela iintsapho ezininzi ngokutya nezityalo zamayeza. Zibubungqina bokwaneliseka okwaqala ngabantu bomthonyama kwesi siqithi kwaye kwabunjwa zizizukulwana zamakhoboka.
Ixesha lokuposa: Apr-01-2025