Prostate cancer, linked to the use of chlordecone, was officially recognized as an occupational disease, in a decree published on Wednesday, December 22. It directly concerns agricultural workers in the West Indies, who handled this carcinogenic pesticide used in banana plantations.
The culmination of a long-standing fight led in particular by the collective of poisoned agricultural workers of Martinique. For its president, Yvon Serenus, this is a laudable decision but there is still a lot to do. He answers Nathalie Josse from Martinique the 1st.
On the Covid front, a short-lived relief for the inhabitants of Noumea, New Caledonia. On Monday, they were allowed to travel outside without a mask after 4 months of duress. They were forced to wear it again on Wednesday due to the appearance of the Omicron variant in the South Pacific archipelago..
It had been closed to commercial flights for 21 months, Pierrefonds airport, in the south of Reunion, resumed activity on Tuesday, December 21. With a new link Mayotte-ReunionAn inaugural flight of the Mahorese company Ewa, greeted on arrival by a festive atmosphere. Suzette Emma Reunion the 1st.
In Guyana, dfor the past year, the Panakuh association, which works for the promotion of Amerindian culture, has been building a Forest Knowledge Center. A place to pass on the agricultural and craft knowledge of the indigenous peoples of Guyana. AT Saint-Georges de l’Oyapock where the bridge that connects Guyana to Brazil, closed since March 2020, officially reopened this week. the report by Claire-Marie Selles, Guyana the 1st.