THE UNITED STATES AND COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENTS ARE WAGING
CHEMICAL
WAR AGAINST
−To Monsanto’s immense profit−
Colombian
peasants have been subjected to fumigation −chemical war measures− since the
1970’s. Mama Coca has chosen at random a series of articles (dating from the
year 1995) from the enormous amount of studies, reports, complaints, appeals
from local communities, court orders demanding suspension of aerial spraying
with chemical mixtures, and news coverage regarding the hazardous effects of
fumigation on human health and ecosystems. We have also included
We demand that, at the least, the Precautionary Principle be applied. We demand the right to our lives, our health and the protection of our natural environment, our subsistence.
Pesticides effects_en:
WWF: An Evaluation of Pesticides Disrupting the Hormone and Reproductive System (pdf) EDC Pesticides pdf
Ted Schettler MD, MPH: "Consultation
Review of the Use of Pesticide for Coca Eradication in Colombia" : The
exposure assessment is incomplete because it is limited by unwarranted
assumptions about spraying conditions and routes of exposure. As a consequence,
the document provided by the EPA fails to provide data sufficient for
determining the magnitude of the risks of the spray program and whether or not
they are “unreasonable.”_pdf (
Reported Massive Exodus
of Peasants from
US Embassy: the Colombian
government certifies thatthe aerial fumigation proram backed by the United
Status is being carried out in due form..
(2002) (formatear página individual de docs
en zip US Embassy)
AIDA: Citing
Risk to Human Health and the Environment, Colombian Court Orders the Suspension
of the US-Financed Spraying of Coca and Poppy Crops _en PDF (June 26, 2003
Ignoring Pleas, Uribe
Accelerates Fumigation_en
AIDA: Department of State report to Congress regarding aerial coca eradication in Colombia This memo comments on the DoS report to Congress and outlines the main reasons for our conclusion that the DoS has failed to meet the conditions established by the chemical procurement provision (September 23, 2002)
Biowar in the
CORAZONES DE COLOMBIA ...............................................................HEARTS OF COLOMBIA
Coca saludable/Healthy coca
(foto Mary Barrr)
saving staple crops
foto Mary Barr
Spray operations...the politically correct term for bombing defenseless peoples with pesticides.
"--Conducting spray operations is dangerous work. All of the pilots in the
spray program have extensive flying experience and receive specialized training
for the type of flying and local conditions that they will face. We also
provide advance survival training for our pilots in the case of a forced
landing. Each spray mission is planned for maximum security, using all
available intelligence. If a spray mission should face major risk, it is
cancelled or conducted with pre-positioned counterdrug ground troops. There are
armed security escort helicopters as well as at least one search and rescue
(SAR) helicopter. We are constantly evaluating our operations to refine our
procedures and improve security for our personnel."
(Distributed by the
The question is, who will protect the Colombian people from "our" personnel?
this Chemical War
waged in the name of the War on Drugs
This is an open appeal for US legislators, the international community and its transnational social movements to come to our aid in order to stop this massacre through an international law suit.
Further information can be found in:
Mama Coca’s Special Edition of November 2002 on Environmental and Human Rights Violations (enlazar Separata de Nov 2002)
US Fumigation Org (
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