AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPesticide Accountability: France’s lawmakers voted to acknowledge the state’s partial responsibility for long-term harm from chlordecone (Kepone) in Guadeloupe and Martinique, despite health warnings—linked to cancers and broader health damage after the chemical was used on banana plantations from 1972 to 1993. Disaster Readiness: Antilles forces are running Operation Caribbean 26, a multinational disaster-response drill through June 4, including engineering, rescue, route recovery, and intelligence teams to prepare for a simulated major cyclone. Earthquake Watch: A magnitude 4.3 quake hit Tuesday night near Antigua (about 82 km NE of St John’s), with the UWI Seismic Research Centre reporting no damage or injuries so far. Health & Procurement: PAHO/WHO and OECS-PPS will hold a May 28–29 workshop in Saint Lucia to improve access to safe, quality-assured medicines and health technologies across Eastern Caribbean states. Science & Agriculture: Researchers traced the domestication of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) to Mexico’s Yucatán region, using genome comparisons that include wild cotton from Puerto Rico and Guadeloupe.
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