Guadeloupe da Martinique suna da wasu daga cikin mafi girman adadin ciwon daji na prostate a duniya, kuma an yi amfani da chlordecone sosai akan shuka fiye da shekaru 20.
Tiburts Cleon ya fara aiki tun yana matashi a babban gonakin ayaba na Guadeloupe. Shekaru biyar da suka wuce, ya yi aiki a gonaki, yana yin dogon sa'o'i a rana ta Caribbean. Bayan haka, bayan 'yan watanni da yin ritaya a shekarar 2021, an gano shi yana da ciwon daji na prostate, cutar da ta shafi abokan aikinsa da yawa.
Jiyya da tiyatar Kleon sun yi nasara sosai, kuma yana ganin kansa ya yi sa'a ya warke. Duk da haka, sakamakon tsawon rayuwa na prostatectomy, kamar rashin iyawar fitsari, rashin haihuwa da rashin aiki na mazauni, na iya canza rayuwa. Sakamakon haka, yawancin abokan aikin Kleon suna jin kunya da ƙin yin magana a fili game da matsalolinsu. "Rayuwa ta canza lokacin da aka gano ni da ciwon daji na prostate," in ji shi. "Wasu mutane sun rasa niyyar yin rayuwa."
Hankali tsakanin ma'aikata ya yi yawa. A duk lokacin da batun chlordecone ya taso, ana yawan fushi da masu rike da madafun iko - gwamnati, masu sarrafa magungunan kashe kwari da kuma masana'antar ayaba.
Jean-Marie Nomertain ya yi aiki a gonakin ayaba na Guadeloupe har zuwa shekara ta 2001. A yau, shi ne babban sakatare Janar na Ƙungiyar Kwadago ta tsibirin, wadda ke wakiltar ma'aikatan shuka. Ya dora alhakin rikicin kan gwamnatin Faransa da masu noman ayaba. "Jihar ce ta sanya guba da gangan, kuma suna da cikakkiyar masaniya game da sakamakon," in ji shi.
Bayanai sun nuna cewa tun a shekarar 1968, an hana neman izinin amfani da Chlordecone saboda bincike ya nuna cewa yana da guba ga dabbobi da kuma hadarin gurbacewar muhalli. Bayan tattaunawa mai yawa na gudanarwa da kuma wasu tambayoyi da yawa, a karshe sashen ya sauya shawararsa kuma ya amince da amfani da Chlordecone a cikin 1972. Sannan an yi amfani da Chlordecone tsawon shekaru ashirin.
A cikin 2021, gwamnatin Faransa ta ƙara cutar sankara ta prostate cikin jerin cututtukan da ke da alaƙa da kamuwa da magungunan kashe qwari, ƙaramin nasara ga ma'aikata. Gwamnati ta kafa wani asusu don biyan diyya ga wadanda abin ya shafa, kuma a karshen shekarar da ta gabata, an amince da da'awar 168.
Ga wasu, ya yi kadan, ya makara. Yvon Serenus, shugaban kungiyar Martinique Union of Agricultural Workers Guba ta hanyar maganin kashe kwari, ya bi ta Martinique musamman don ziyartar ma'aikatan shuka marasa lafiya. Tafiyar sa'a guda daga babban birnin kasar Fort-de-Faransa zuwa Sainte-Marie, gonakin ayaba mara iyaka ya kai kololuwa - abin tunatarwa cewa har yanzu sana'ar ayaba tana shafar kasa da mutanenta.
Ma'aikacin Silen da ya gamu da shi a wannan lokacin ya kasance mai ritaya kwanan nan. Yana da shekaru 65 kacal kuma yana numfashi tare da taimakon na'urar hura iska. Yayin da suka fara tattaunawa a Creole kuma suna cike fom, da sauri ya yanke shawarar cewa ƙoƙari ne mai yawa. Ya nuna wata takarda da aka rubuta da hannu akan tebur. Ya jera aƙalla cututtuka 10, gami da “matsalar prostate” da aka gano da ita.
Yawancin ma’aikatan da ya sadu da su sun sha fama da cututtuka iri-iri, ba kawai ciwon daji na prostate ba. Duk da yake akwai bincike kan wasu illolin chlordecone, kamar matsalolin hormonal da na zuciya, har yanzu yana da iyaka ga garantin faɗaɗa diyya. Wani ciwo ne ga ma'aikata, musamman mata, waɗanda ba su da komai.
Tasirin chlordecone ya zarce ma'aikatan shuka. Har ila yau, sinadari yana gurbata mazauna yankin ta hanyar abinci. A cikin 2014, an kiyasta cewa 90% na mazauna suna da chlordecone a cikin jininsu.
Don rage kamuwa da cutar, ya kamata mutane su guji cin gurɓataccen abincin da aka shuka ko aka kama a wuraren da suka gurbata. Wannan matsala za ta buƙaci canje-canjen salon rayuwa na dogon lokaci, kuma babu ƙarshen gani, saboda chlordecone zai iya gurɓata ƙasa har zuwa shekaru 600.
A cikin Guadeloupe da Martinique, rayuwa daga ƙasa ba al'ada ba ce kawai, amma mai zurfin tushen tarihi. Lambunan Creole suna da dogon tarihi a tsibiran, suna ba iyalai da yawa abinci da tsire-tsire na magani. Shaida ce ga wadatar kai da ta faro daga ’yan asalin tsibirin kuma tsararru na bayi suka yi.
Lokacin aikawa: Afrilu-01-2025