FOR THE FIRST TIME AN OFFICER IN THE CHACO REPORT CONFIRMS RELATIONSHIP WITH agrochemicals increased illness S
A commission made by the provincial government statistics analyzed in areas with intensive use of agrochemicals. In a decade, cancer tripled and quadrupled in children with birth defects.
is the first time that a province provides health statistics related to areas with intensive use of agrochemicals. The data are striking and confirm the allegations that for years made the neighbors: the cases of cancer in children and tripled birth defects increased 400 percent. It happened in a decade and correspond to an official study of the Research Committee of the Chaco Water Pollutants, created by the governor last December. "First" is the simple title of the document was delivered to the provincial Government House and the local Ministry of Health. Cancer cases are targeted in the town of La Leon, near the epicenter of resistance and complaints about the use of herbicides and pesticides. The data correspond to malformations of the province, where, again according to official data there are 17 cases per month. The Court ordered to stop the spraying and demanded urgent impact studies environment (see separate article).
A Ivan liked to see the planes flying over his house. Was six months, heard the engines and called upa to the patio and greet the passage of the airplane. Laura, the mother picked him up and carried to the garden to taste the baby. With the passage of the aircraft, Ivan learned to shake hands, laughed and celebrated the WIG. At 2 years was diagnosed with leukemia. He was rushed to the Hospital Garrahan, suffered eight months of chemotherapy and two years of intensive treatment.
"The doctors asked me if we lived near plantations with chemicals. Just then I heard that greeted the plane with my baby that I did was put poison in the field outside my house. I came down world, "says Laura Mazitelli, the neighborhood's Ralera La Leon. It was 2002, Ivan was recovered, and Laura became a whistleblower on agrochemicals. The opposition tried crazy and development, but cancer cases multiplied and neighbors began to organize.
The Leon is a city of ten thousand inhabitants, 60 kilometers of Resistance. A decade ago reported the health impact of agrochemicals used in rice. They point to glyphosate, endosulfan, methamidophos, and chlopyrifos picloran, among other chemicals used also in soybean crops.
For constant mobilization and studies claim, the government of Chaco created by decree on December 9, 2009 the Provincial Commission of Investigation of Water Pollutants. Included the participation of the Ministry of Health, Provincial Water Administration (APA), the Ministry of Health of the Nation, the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE) and the Ministry of Production. "You will both receive mission, study, coordinate and conduct actions to secure and optimize the arsenic contamination, chemicals and others, "said the brief decree, only two pages.
Five months after its creation, the Commission of Inquiry completed its first report, published by the journalist Brian Pellegrini, news site Chaco
" Regarding children's oncological diseases, leukemia, brain tumors and lymphomas, there is a greater number of cases per year since 2002. In The Leon, in the period 2000-2009 is found a remarkable increase, three times the occurrence of cancers in children, "says the official work of the Commission, focused on the Leon.
In the decade of 1990-1999 was an average of 0.2 cases per year (1 case every 60 months). While in the period 2000-2009 there were 0.6 cases per year (1 case every 20 months). "These values \u200b\u200bare higher than expected, increasing markedly in the last ten years, during which the reported cases tripled the occurrence of cancer in children under ten years."
The global average cancer in children under 15 years is 12-14 cases per 100,000 children. Official data show that in the Chaco Leonesa registration climbs to 20.2.
The report notes the multiple causes of cancer, but warns: "This increase of all cases coincides with the expansion of the agricultural frontier (...) violating the health of the population, because practices and cultivation techniques include aerial spraying with herbicides whose active ingredient is glyphosate and other pesticides. "All figures come from Statistics Service local Children's Hospital and highlights that 25 per cent more cases are handled directly in the Hospital Garrahan of Buenos Aires, so the total numbers of cases is higher.
Beatrice Nicolini is a pediatrician, has worked for 25 years with cancer patients, is part of the official Commission admits that "despite the magnitude of the figures, data not surprised. "Some time ago we see how to multiply the little kids with cancer. Does not seem to stop. And, although there is no single cause of this increase, cases increased at the same time increasing the use of chemicals, either rice or soybeans, "explains and details that stand out leukemia cases, followed brain tumors and lymphomas.
"Tatiana 5 years. Miracles 8. Mary, 7. Francisco, 12. Victoria, 6. They are all residents with cancer. The worst thing is that the list continues. All poor families who are experiencing the same as us, "lamented Laura Mazitelli, the mother of Ivan, which they called" crazy "and now complains," so many cases were needed to recognize that we are poisoning? "
malformations grew even more. Quadrupled in a decade in the province of Chaco cases in newborns. In the Within a year, between 1997-1998, there were 24,030 births in Chaco, of which there were 46 malformations. A decade later, in twelve months between 2008 and 2009, fewer births, 21,808, but multiplied malformations: 186 cases. The official report noted that it went from a rate of 19.1 per 10,000 births to 85.3.
The data correspond to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Neonatal Resistance Perrando Hospital. From 1997 to 1998 there was an average of 4.9 cases per month. From 2001 to 2002 grew at 7.5 cases. And between 2008 and 2009 increased to 16.8 cases per month.
The Ministry of Health of the Nation reported that there are no national statistics on the subject. Since the Commission of Inquiry, a member, who asked to remain anonymous for "enormous pressure" receiving ", said" all the signatories of the report have much experience and background in what we study, but companies are pushing rice and soybean much to the Government. We do not know how it ends, too many interests at stake. "
Two members of the Commission confirmed that they are preparing a second report provides statistics oficiales sobre el geométrico incremento, en zonas con uso de agroquímicos, de los embarazos que no llegan a término por abortos espontáneos, el aumento de problemas reproductivos en adultos y crecimiento exponencial de cáncer de mamas. No tienen fecha definida para entregarlo a las autoridades, pero alertaron sobre la posibilidad de “intromisiones en el trabajo de la Comisión”.
El primer informe fue elevado al gobernador del Chaco, Jorge Capitanich, y al Ministerio de Salud provincial el 8 de abril. La investigación oficial resalta que sólo son incluidos datos del servicio de salud pública. “Tanto en datos estadísticos de enfermedades oncological children such as birth defects are not including records of private homes, where the statistics are similar, something that would greatly increase. "
the Commission's report calls for research take "precautionary measures" in Leon until you perform an environmental impact study and asked to expand the analysis to six other locations that would be in the same conditions: Gancedo, Napenay, Santa Sylvina, Three Islets, Avia Terai and Colonia Elisa
Stopping fumigation
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Justice says no
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"There is great interest"
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