The chemical, chlordecone, was widely used between 1972 and 1993 to protect banana plantations from insects in Martinique and neighbouring Guadeloupe, also a French territory in the Caribbean.
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Brazil: Agriculture Ministry Approves Agrotoxins Despite Risks
After the parliamentary coup against the Workers‘ Party in 2016, the use of toxic agrochemicals has increased in the South American nation.
Is Obama Coming Back? Democrats Cry For Help Beating Trump Because ‚There‘s F*****g No One Else‘
And the former president Jimmy Carter, at 93 years old, is well and truly into his retirement.
As Trump Seeks Way Out of Syria, New Attack Pulls Him Back In
(8.4.2018) The reported chemical attack on Douma, a suburb of the capital, Damascus, on Saturday seems to have squeezed Mr. Trump between conflicting impulses, and raised the political and military stakes as he charts the United States’ future in Syria.
On one hand, he has emphatically expressed his desire to bring American troops home as soon as possible in line with his “America First” approach. On the other, he has vowed to punish some bad actors, and withdrawing from Syria could open him up to criticism at home and abroad.