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Farming using pesticide on farmTuesday, January 06, 2004 – “The Prevention and Management of Agricultural Pesticide Related Illness Project” is one of the many key venture which will continue making inroads this year. The project involves technical co-operation between St. Lucia, Barbados, Martinique and Guadeloupe; and is administered through the Occupational Health and Safety Department of the Ministry of Labour Relations, Public Service and Cooperatives.

Senior Occupational Health and Safety Officer Lesmond Magloire says the project centres on the critical need for monitoring of toxic chemicals and its residual impact on the environment, biology and human health.

“I should be expecting a visit from professionals in Martinique between February the 9th and 21st. By that time we in Saint Lucia would have carried out a survey and pesticides inventory and would have determined what pesticides we would need help and assistance, to either to remove or to minimize.”

The project which is being facilitated through the Pan American Health Organization and the Caribbean Health Institute also aims to establish water quality monitoring for pesticides residue.

St. Lucia imported 202,399 kilograms of solid pesticides and over 300,000 litres of chemicals between June 1998 and May 1999. Over a similar period for 1999 – 2000, these figures increase to 1,294,267 and 434,130 respectively. The vast majority of those imports consisted of insecticides, herbicides, and nematicides, with an estimated 80% intended for the banana industry.

 


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