Tag Archives: Lower Lempa

18
Nov
CRIPDES Regional Support, Defending Natural Resources

The changes we want from the sugarcane industry

Posted on by Mario Guevara

The upcoming year Sister Cities, through the Philadelphia Committee and the Climate Change working group, will support initiatives to raise awareness about the link between bad practices in the sugar cane industry, including the use of chemicals such as glyphosate in its production, and the number of people diagnosed with kidney disease and kidney failure. […]

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01
Nov
Defending Natural Resources, News from Communities

Fumigations in the lower Lempa / Fumigaciones en el Bajo Lempa

Posted on by Mario Guevara

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Despite the closeness of the sugarcane fields to communities, despite the municipal ordinance, despite documented cases of sickness in all the lower Lempa region, despite the recent rains, the inhabitants of the Taura community have seen that, one more year, they will have to inhale the toxic chemicals dumped by the airplanes. […]

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