Martinique protesters seek accountability for pesticide poisoning

Thousands of protesters in the French overseas territory of Martinique have called on judges not to throw out a long-delayed case on pesticide poisoning.
Chlordecone was used for decades on the Caribbean island - even after it was banned on the French mainland.
It has been blamed for high levels of cancer in the region.
Al Jazeera's Homara Choudhary reports.

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[ramatgan]

Martinique needs independence. A federation with Guadeloupe is what is needed.

[chrisdelong]

Even now he is at work. In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hailstorms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power. He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous. Destruction will be upon both man and beast. GC 589.3 Amen!

[linanicolia]

Thanks to Monsanto. They should be closed down and the CEO's, jailed !

[decoloniz_afro]

Black people keep the fight my brother and sisters...enough

[sir.joshuarane.doebler]

Poisoning on Martin's island... I find that hard to believe! Protesting being poisoned is a rightous one!

[miles]

Why are they using B roll from Africa? Those farmers are clearly not Martinican....

[tevhiddawah]

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2. DANONE
3. Ubisoft Games
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