Cancer deaths double where GM crops and agro-chemicals used

Share it with your friends Like

Thanks! Share it with your friends!

Close

“This report comes from Argentina.”  Admin

A report by the Ministry of Health in Cordoba on deaths from cancerous tumours shows that the highest rate of deaths occur in areas where GM crops and agro-chemicals are used. The rate is double the national average.

The Ministry of Health of Córdoba released a comprehensive report on cancer in the province. It documented five years of information and, among other parameters, geographically determined the cases. The peculiarity which caused a major alarm is that the highest rate of deaths occurs in the “pampa gringa” area, where most transgenic and agrochemicals are used. And where the death rate is double the national average. “Once again, what we have complained about for years was confirmed and especially what doctors say about the sprayed towns and areas affected by industrial agriculture. Cancer cases are multiplying as never before in areas with massive use of pesticides,” said the doctor and member of the University Network for Environment and Health (Reduas), Medardo Avila Vazquez. They demanded immediate measures to protect the population.

The official investigation in book form is entitled “Report on cancer in Cordoba 2004-2009”, and was prepared by the Provincial Tumour Registry and the Department of Statistics and Census. It was introduced in the Legislature by the Minister of Health, Francisco Fortuna, and the director of the Provincial Cancer Institute, Martín Alonso.

The international standard is to calculate deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants. The provincial average is 158 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, and in Cordoba Capital the rate is 134.8. But four Cordoba departments are well above those rates: Marcos Juárez (229.8), Presidente Roque Sáenz Peña (228.4), Union (217.4) and San Justo (216.8). It’s called “pampa gringa”, the emblematic area of Cordoba agriculture.

Read More  Cancer deaths double where GM crops and agro-chemicals used.

  • Rating:
  • Views:1,137 views
  • Categories: Health