A total of 24 people, including students, teachers, administrators and support staff, have been affected by the Application of pesticides on land near several educational centers from the municipality of San Francisco de Macorís (SFM), in the Duarte province.
The authorities of the Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP) in that demarcation reiterated that they have been struggling with the same problem for more than a year.
The most recent cases correspond to those that occurred in the past Tuesday, September 10thwhen two teachers and five students from the Juan Antonio Alix Educational Center were affected by this situation.
He Monday 18th In the same month, three teachers and three students from the Gastón Fernando Deligne Educational Center were victims of poisoning for the same reason, according to the ADP in San Francisco. The Wednesday, September 25The same thing happened at the Juan Bosch High School, with 12 students affected.
Most of the victims were taken to different health centres. Some were not hospitalised.
The application of pesticides used as part of rice production in the surrounding areas of the aforementioned municipality.
Regarding the incidents, Robert Frías, president of the ADP in that district, said that teaching in those educational centers will remain virtual “until the constant poisonings are definitively resolved.”
“We condemn the lack of government responsibility on the part of state agencies, which should ensure the health and life of citizens, in this case, students, teachers, support staff and administrative staff of educational centers located in agricultural environments. There has been a constant problem of poisoning due to the irresponsible application of pesticides in the areas of the municipal districts of Antonio Guzmán Fernández and Cenoví,” he said.
