I want to share a photo story on
the affects of agrochemicals in northern Argentina by Associated Press
photographer Natacha Pisarenko. The pictures are accompanied by a story, co-written with Michael Warren.
This is a piece of real photojournalism. Their investigation informs
people about a the very real problem of agrochemicals that
affects all our kitchen tables.
Pisarenko´s
work gives a voice to the farmers and their children suffering the
consequences of industrial farming: high rates of disease, instead of
the usual political and business-based viewpoint. This story opens ones
eyes to see that the problem of agrochemicals isn´t confined to the
farming communities of the world. We are eating the food they produce,
and it´s logically poisoned too.
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| Aixa Cano, 5, who has hairy moles all over her body that doctors can't explain, sits on a stoop outside her home in Avia Terai, in Chaco province, Argentina. Although it’s nearly impossible to prove, doctors say Aixa’s birth defect may be linked to agrochemicals. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) |
Last year in Nicaragua, AP photographer Esteban
Felix also reported a health related story about sugar cane workers who
are dying at alarming rates, probably for the same reason that these
Argentine farmers are: toxic chemicals. You can see Esteban Felix´s story here.
