Guadeloupe na Martinique ni bimwe mu bifite igipimo cyo hejuru cya kanseri ya prostate ku isi, kandi chlordecone imaze imyaka irenga 20 ikoreshwa cyane mu mirima.
Tiburts Cleon yatangiye gukora akiri ingimbi mu mirima minini y’ibitoki ya Guadeloupe. Mu myaka mirongo itanu yamaze akora akazi gakomeye mu mirima, amara amasaha menshi mu zuba rya Karayibe. Hanyuma, nyuma y’amezi make agiye mu kiruhuko cy’izabukuru mu 2021, yafashwe na kanseri ya prostate, indwara yibasira benshi mu bo bakoranaga.
Uburyo Kleon yavuwe kandi akabagwa byagenze neza cyane, kandi yibwira ko afite amahirwe yo gukira. Ariko, ingaruka z'ubuzima bwe bwose zo kubagwa prostate, nko kunanirwa kwihagarika inkari, ubugumba no kudakora neza mu myanya ndangagitsina, zishobora guhindura ubuzima. Kubera iyo mpamvu, benshi mu bakorana na Kleon bumva bafite isoni kandi badashaka kuvuga ku mugaragaro ku ngorane zabo. Yagize ati: “Ubuzima bwarahindutse ubwo nafatwaga kanseri ya prostate. Hari abantu batakaza ubushake bwo kubaho.”
Amarangamutima mu bakozi yari menshi. Igihe cyose havuzwe ikibazo cya chlordecone, hari uburakari bwinshi bugaragarira ku bari ku butegetsi - guverinoma, abakora imiti yica udukoko n'inganda zikora ibitoki.
Jean-Marie Nomertain yakoze ku mirima y’ibitoki ya Guadeloupe kugeza mu 2001. Uyu munsi, ni umunyamabanga mukuru w’ishyirahamwe ry’abakozi ryo kuri icyo kirwa, rihagarariye abakozi bo mu mirima. Ashinja guverinoma y’Ubufaransa n’abahinzi b’ibitoki ko ikibazo cyabaye. Yagize ati: “Byari uburozi bwakozwe na leta nkana, kandi bari bazi neza ingaruka zabyo.”
Inyandiko zigaragaza ko kuva mu 1968, ubusabe bwo gukoresha Chlordecone bwanzwe kubera ko ubushakashatsi bwagaragaje ko ari uburozi ku nyamaswa kandi ko ishobora kwanduza ibidukikije. Nyuma y'ibiganiro byinshi by'ubuyobozi n'ibindi bibazo byinshi, ishami ryahinduye umwanzuro waryo ryemeza ikoreshwa rya Chlordecone mu 1972. Icyo gihe Chlordecone yakoreshejwe imyaka makumyabiri.
Mu 2021, guverinoma y'Ubufaransa yongereye kanseri ya prostate ku rutonde rw'indwara zikomoka ku kazi zifitanye isano no kwibasirwa n'imiti yica udukoko, intsinzi nto ku bakozi. Guverinoma yashyizeho ikigega cyo kwishyura abahohotewe, kandi mu mpera z'umwaka ushize, ibirego 168 byari byemejwe.
Kuri bamwe, ni bike cyane, biratinze cyane. Yvon Serenus, perezida w’ishyirahamwe ry’abakozi bo mu buhinzi rya Martinique rigizwe n’ibiyobyabwenge, anyura muri Martinique by’umwihariko asura abakozi bo mu mirima barwaye. Uvuye mu murwa mukuru Fort-de-France ugana Sainte-Marie, imirima y’ibitoki itagira ingano iragera kure—icyibutsa gikomeye ko inganda z’ibitoki zigifite ingaruka ku butaka n’abaturage babwo.
Umukozi Silen yahuye na we kuri iyi nshuro yari aherutse gusezera mu kiruhuko cy'izabukuru. Yari afite imyaka 65 gusa kandi ahumeka akoresheje icyuma gihumeka. Ubwo batangiraga kuganira mu rurimi rwa Creole no kuzuza amafishi, yahise afata umwanzuro ko ari imbaraga nyinshi. Yerekanye inyandiko yanditse ku meza. Yanditse nibura indwara 10, harimo n' "ikibazo cya prostate" yari yarasanzwemo.
Benshi mu bakozi yahuye nabo barwaye indwara zitandukanye, atari kanseri ya prostate gusa. Nubwo hari ubushakashatsi ku zindi ngaruka za chlordecone, nk'ibibazo by'imisemburo n'umutima, iracyari nke cyane ku buryo idashobora kwishyurwa indishyi. Ni ikindi kintu kibabaza abakozi, cyane cyane abagore, basigaranye ntacyo babuze.
Ingaruka za chlordecone ntizigera kure cyane y’abakozi bo mu mirima. Iyi miti inahumanya abaturage bo muri ako gace binyuze mu biribwa. Mu 2014, byagaragaye ko 90% by’abaturage bari bafite chlordecone mu maraso yabo.
Kugira ngo abantu bagabanye ibyago byo kwandura, bagomba kwirinda kurya ibiryo byanduye byahinzwe cyangwa byafatiwe ahantu handuye. Iki kibazo kizasaba impinduka mu mibereho yabo mu gihe kirekire, kandi nta iherezo rigaragara, kuko chlordecone ishobora kwanduza ubutaka mu gihe cy'imyaka 600.
Muri Guadeloupe na Martinique, kubaho ku butaka si akamenyero gusa, ahubwo ni nk'ikintu gifite inkomoko ikomeye mu mateka. Ubusitani bwa Creole bufite amateka maremare kuri ibi birwa, buha imiryango myinshi ibiryo n'ibimera bivura. Ni igihamya cy'uburyo bwo kwihaza bwatangiriye ku baturage kavukire bo kuri icyo kirwa kandi bwagizweho ingaruka n'ibisekuru by'abacakara.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Mata-01-2025