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Title:
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CHEMICAL WARFARE IN COLOMBIA
THE COSTS OF COCA FUMIGATION |
By: |
Sue Branford, Hugh O'Shaughnessy |
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Paperback |

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£14.95 |
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ISBN 10: |
1899365680 |
ISBN 13: |
9781899365685 |
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Publisher: |
LATIN AMERICA BUREAU |
Pub. date: |
1 October, 2005 |
Series: |
LAB Short Books |
Pages: |
134 |
Synopsis: |
While the US wages the 'War on Terror' in the Middle East, it is conducting a terror campaign of its own closer to home. Chemical spraying is being used in Colombia as a deterrent and to destroy 'illicit' coca crops. But most people growing coca are poor campesinos with no alternatives to make a living. Whole towns, rivers, livestock and legitimate food crops have been sprayed and livelihoods destroyed by these US-administered fumigation programmes, backed by the Colombian state. Herbicides such as Glyphosate and Cosmo Flux are being used in high concentrations and sprayed from low-flying planes. The effects of heavy exposure to these chemicals on humans is still unknown. As O'Shaughnessy reveals, fumigation doesn't just harm people - farmers' livestock are being killed, and much of the area sprayed is rainforest - a fragile environment rich in diversity that is being poisoned by chemicals. This path-breaking book of investigative journalism lifts the veil on fumigation: why is it really happening, and who benefits? O'Shaughnessy travels to the Putumayo and Bolivar departments of Colombia, where most of the spraying takes place, talking to those affected.He draws a vivid and damning picture of a futile and indiscriminate chemical war, waged largely on the poor. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Latin America Bureau |
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