just john Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 This farmer from Ruffec who died is just up the road, presumably all the others are spraying totally approved and safe crop protection products from IUPP ! voice-from-beyond-grave-warns-french-farmers-of-pesticide-danger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We live not far from Ruffec and we lost a dog last year, she died of unknown causes. Two of our French neighbours also lost dogs within a week of each other, one of them only 2 years old. They swear it was due to what the farmers were spraying on the fields! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 An organisation called Agrican is doing a longterm study of the risk of cancers among agricultural workers. Started in 2005, and the first results were to be out last year.If you Google étude Agrican you will find the link. I haven't managed to find the results yet - but in the last bulletin of La Ligue they reported that there had been established a link between exposure to pesticides and the origin of certain cancers among agriculteurs. They can develop anomalies of their génome which can be the origin of cancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 [quote user="Jay"]We live not far from Ruffec and we lost a dog last year, she died of unknown causes. Two of our French neighbours also lost dogs within a week of each other, one of them only 2 years old. They swear it was due to what the farmers were spraying on the fields![/quote]What were their symptoms Jay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.