< IMG LOADING = "Lazy" SRSC = "/Sites/Default/Files/Styles/Medium/2022-06/Cancer%20Imagerie.jpg ? Itok = T2tzy9ma" Width = "1300" Height = "867" Alt = "Imagery IRM CRANCE IMG-Fluid Image-Style-Max-1300x1300 "SRC ="/Sites/Default/Files/Styles/Max_1300x1300/Public/2022-06/Cancer%20Imagerie.jpg ? Itok = xrujic2f "/> Stephane de Sakutin/AFP < P >< Strong > A study of the general register of Cancers of Poitou-Charentes reveals an increased risk of pediatric cancers in several municipalities of Charente-Maritime. Exposure to agricultural pesticides, especially in cereal farming and viticulture areas, is questioned. & Amp; nbsp;
< P >If the data do not make it possible to conclude a global excess in the department, certain areas, such as La Rochelle and Saint-Rogatian, know disturbing cancer households. The health authorities are under pressure. According to the exploratory study, published by the < EM > Parisien and consulted by the < EM > AFP , foci of pediatric cancers were identified near La Rochelle, in Saint-Rogatian and in several rural areas of the region. These areas, exposed to the pollution of agricultural pesticides, show a number of cases above average, highlighting the possible effects of continuous exposure to chemicals used in intensive agriculture. < P >A study carried out in October by the Association Avenir Santé Environnement is strengthening concern: traces of pesticides, some of which are prohibited, were found in the urine and hair of 72 children living in the La Rochelle area. This finding echoes overwhelming figures: since 2008, 15 cases of pediatric cancers have been recorded, including two deaths, mainly in municipalities in the Plaine d'Aunis, already pointed out for their high use of phytosanitary products. The association calls for a prohibition of synthetic pesticides, an appeal relayed by the director of the general register of cancers, Dr. Thomas Systhenko, which deplores the weak means allocated to the study and monitoring of these pathologies. < P > 62 > 62 > 62 ~However, according to Dr. Systechenko, the epidemiological study conducted throughout the Charente-Maritime has not made a direct link between exposure to pesticides and a general increase in pediatric cancers. Global statistics, over the period 2008-2022, reveal only 514 cases of pediatric cancers, a figure slightly less than 522 expected. But certain targeted areas, including the agricultural land of the cereal plain, show alarming statistical risks, with an excess of cancers in municipalities like Saint-Rogatian. On the other hand, other wine -growing areas close to Saintes, although worrying, do not have sufficient differences for a formal alert. < P > While the debate on chemical pollution is intensifying, votes rise to denounce the inaction of the health authorities. Franck Rinche-Girollet, spokesperson for the future health environment, denounces the lack of public funding for more in-depth field studies. And to wonder: “What the regional health and public health agency France ?”.< P >< Strong > The article you liked ? It mobilized our editorial staff which only lives from your gifts. < Br > Information has a cost, especially since competition from subsidized writing requires additional rigor and professionalism.
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