WORLD-WIDE NO USE OF PESTICIDES DAY MARKED IN PERU
(Please note that this was originally in Spanish and the translation is an approximation)
For Original Spanish Release with Pictures
WORLD-WIDE NO USE OF PESTICIDES DAY
3 OF DECEMBER
Parade and Forum
Children Join Parade Against Poisoning |
Prohibition of the Extremely and Highly dangerous
pesticides would be a preventive measure to the cases of poisonings and deaths
that come producing because of these poisons **time-out** a colorful Pasacalle
organize by the Network of Action in Alternative to the use of Agroquímicos (RAAA),
Network of Action in Pesticides for America Latin (RAP-AL), the Institute LIFE,
the Office Technique of Ozone of the MITINCI and the Municipality of File, take
to end the day of yesterday in the Center of File, like part of the activity of
celebration by the DAY WORLD-WIDE NO USE OF PESTICIDES, where more of 600
person, between student of school, group of theater and environmentalist
congregate for alert to the population on the danger of the use of pesticides in
the field and the city; as well as the contamination that takes place to the
atmosphere.
Members of Forum |
Also carried out Forum by WORLD-WIDE NO USE OF PESTICIDES DAY, organized by RAAA, RAPAL and Office of Congressman Maruja Alfaro, where she appeared the proposal for the prohibition and/or restriction of the pesticides of the category Ia and Ib. Of approximately the 900 chemical pesticides that are sold at the moment in the national market, 119 are catalogued Extremely (Ia) and Highly (Ib) dangerous by the World-wide Organization of the Health (the WHO). In year 2000, Information center Toxicológico the Control and support to the environmental management (CICOTOX) that takes care of in its majority cases of poisonings by chemical products in Lima, reported 952 cases of poisonings by pesticides. According to the WHO, in the world esteem that 3 million people are poisoned by pesticides of which 220 thousands dies. These substances in other parts of the world are restricted or prohibited because their consequences in the health and the atmosphere. In addition in the socioeconómicas conditions of the farmers (illiteracy, lack of information and deficiency of resources to acquire protection equipment), they are not trained to handle dangerous poisons to lower the risk to their health. Also, remote communities lack health and/or medicines that can provide attention when pesticide poisoning occur.
On the other hand, there are alternative nonpolluting and less toxic (moderately and slightly toxic), that can replace the pesticides Ia and Ib without risking an increase of pests.
RAP-AL
Jr. Julio Rodavero 682 Urb. Las Brisas - Lima 1
Perú.
Telefax: (51-1) 4257955 / 3375170
E-mail: rapalpe@terra.com.pe
Website: http://www.rap-al.com
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