AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoChlordecone Accountability in the French West Indies: France’s lower house has unanimously backed a bill recognizing the state’s partial responsibility for the health, moral, environmental, and economic harm caused by chlordecone (Kepone) in Guadeloupe and Martinique, where about 90% of people are contaminated; the pesticide was used on banana plantations from 1972–1993 despite warnings, and France’s agencies link exposure to cancers (including prostate) plus nervous, hormonal, and reproductive harms, with decontamination and compensation goals now on the table. Disaster-Response Training: Antilles Armed Forces are running Operation Caraïbes 26, a multinational exercise simulating a major cyclone to improve humanitarian assistance and disaster relief coordination, including engineering, rescue, and infrastructure recovery teams. Cotton Domestication Research: Scientists report upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) was first domesticated in Mexico’s Yucatán region, using genome comparisons that also trace wild cotton links to areas including Puerto Rico and Guadeloupe. Culture & Memory in Nantes: A new memorial mast in Nantes, the “Mast of Fraternity and Memory,” honors enslaved Africans shipped from the city and highlights calls for justice that connect descendants of enslaved people and slave traders. Maritime Tech & Sport: B&G has joined skipper Francesca Clapcich’s Vendée Globe campaign as an official supplier, highlighting navigation systems built for high-speed offshore foiling racing.
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