92 Children Believed to Be Poisoned by Monsanto Weed Killer in Peru [View all]
92 Children Believed to Be Poisoned by Monsanto Weed Killer in Peru
Published 19 May 2016 (7 hours 13 minutes ago)
A crop-spraying plane was responsible for poisoning the students in the municipality of Nepena.
A plane spraying herbicides near a school poisoned 92 children and 3 teachers on Wednesday in northern Peru. The students of the San Jose high school were left vomiting, fainting, while suffering from stomach pains, headaches, and eyes irritation after the plane allegedly sprayed glyphosate — the active ingredient of Monsanto's Roundup weed killer — during a fumigation of a nearby sugar cane field.
“We have four very serious cases, in which the children have been transferred unconscious with IVs to the Regional Hospital of Nuevo Chimbote. The others are receiving attention in San Jacinto and the Essalud hospital in Nepeña,” said city manager Benito Agreda
Environmental rights activists have called for the component to be banned, and the World Health Organization has said that it "probably" causes cancer.
Investigators say the spraying done by Agroindustrias San Jacinto didn’t have a municipal permit, and the justice department will launch an investigation. Spokesmen for the company said it will cover health care costs for those affected and clean the fields.
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