Question 19745 — overseas

Summary

Ms. Danièle Obono questions the Minister for Overseas Territories about the lack of systematic and free screening of the rate of chlordecone impregnation of residents of the French West Indies. According to numerous scientific and medical publications, as well as various institutional or journalistic surveys, Guadeloupe and Martinique have been experiencing a serious situation of chlordecone contamination for more than forty years following for its use in banana plantations until the 1990s. This pesticide infested the soil, river and sea waters, as well as the organisms of the population of these territories. However, the latter cannot easily access screening analyzes of their chlordecone impregnation rate, and their cost, around 150 euros, is not covered by the State. Different associations demand that any resident of the French West Indies who so wishes must be able to benefit from free screening. Mrs. Obono asks her if she intends to respond, and within what time frame, to this legitimate demand of a population which has already paid far too much, in its flesh, for the irresponsible political choices in terms of public health on its territory.

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