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Posted by FoM on August 29, 2001 at 11:36:07 PT A Times Editorial Source: St. Petersburg Times 
The U.S. effort to help Colombia eradicate illegal crops of coca and heroin poppy is making people sick -- literally. Children are developing sores on their skin, and adults are stricken with diarrhea from herbicide contamination of their drinking water. Poor farmers complain that their potato and onion crops are dying. Meanwhile, the drug lords simply relocate their coca crops to areas not yet poisoned by aerial fumigation. The Bush administration should listen to Colombian governors, farmers, human rights activists and others who see evidence that the herbicide spraying is harming people's health and poisoning their water and food supply. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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