And they say that both offices will be headed by women:

The Revival and Union Party (PRUNE, Spanish acronym), a political platform linked to Islam, will probably open its offices in all national territory before 2011 local elections. In January, it will open those of Madrid and Barcelona, with women as directors.

As of today, PRUNE only has representation in Granada and Asturias, the only two provinces in which there is already an office. But the organizers hope to open a lot more before 2011 local elections.

The next openings will be in Madrid and Barcelona, where there is already the necessary infrastructure. The actual day is not known yet, but it’s clear it will be on Jan. 2010.

El Confidencial Digital has known that those two offices will have women as directors. A main fact of the “openness” of PRUNE, as there is the popular belief that in Islam the men are the “bosses” (¿this is a belief or a fact!).
The party has been accused by several organizations of being a puppet of other Government’s interests -mainly Moroccan’s-, an statesment which has been denied by PRUNE: “We don’t belong to any Government nor are we anybody’s puppet“, says Mostafa Bakkach, party’s official speaker.

“We obey and respect deeply the Spanish Constitution, being our main objective the wellbeing of our country, Spain”, tells Bakkach, to this newspaper. The PRUNE wants to represent both Muslims and immigrants who live in Spain, “whatever they are Latins, Arabs, Asians, Africans or Europeans“.

In fact, the party’s structure is divided in etchnical areas focused to each minority. Each area will be headed by 5 people of each minority -ie. Senegalese-, who will analyse the social problems confronted by any group.

via El Confidencial Digital – Artículo – El PRUNE, partido político de inspiración islámica, se propone abrir en enero sus sedes en Barcelona y Madrid encabezadas por mujeres.

20minutos.es adds:

Although it’s not probable they win any town hall by now, the speaker of this party has stated that what’s really important is to listen to the minorities’ voices in the different town halls, although he is sure that in the future some of its supporters will reach important positions.

Among other aims, PRUNE wants to reach to the higest levels of participation of the Spanish citizenship in all areas of political decisions or to promote polices aimed at developing principles such as justice, equality, solidarity and freedom “without any other limitations than those that are natural” (Blablabla).

We’ll see when they present their actual political program. But no nationals, only minorities, and being not focused on nationals except if they are Muslims, are not really enchanting ideas.

Did you plant new deciduous hedges? Formative pruning should be done in winter, just after planting.

Did you already prune climbing roses? First remove dead, diseased or dying branches, then tie in any new shoots.

So, my angel in an apron makes me breakfast nearly every morning. I’ve been on a peanut butter and apple sandwich kick of late, but the other day, we were all out of apples.

I told him to use prunes instead. I happen to love prunes – really truly. I know they are supposedly good for you, but that is not why I like them. I actually keep a bag of them in my desk drawer as a treat.

Anyways, I have to say, the sandwich was really good! I think it would have been better with crunchy peanut butter for a little texture, but all in all, it was very tasty. Kind of like PB and J, but not so sweet as jelly would be – which was kind of nice. Prunes are one of the softer/more moist dried fruits, so the texture was like a thick jam.

Give it a try, unless you were so grossed out that you already stopped reading this post

Most deciduous trees can be pruned now: do it before Christmas as later pruning can result in bleeding.

I should be hospitalized for making the rationale that creating a new g-mail account, establishing a new blog, new Twitter, new LiveJournal, Renaming my iPhone, absorbing more databases, snagging one more domain from the infinite and array and parting my hair just that much more to the side WILL ALL make me a better, newer person.

But alas, I woke up the same irritable and intolerable Mr. Wesley Davis; a prune on the other side of greener hills, miserable. This is not a new me. A new me is only another me, just at another time, another place and in a totally new font. My resources are growing, enough to say that I actually have resources. My technology is such that I have technology at all. My capital is Human: one. Here we go…

I hope to be a pleasant observer and a rich narrative on life, both effective and accurate. Please stand-by.

Did you already prune your apple tree? When pruning, always cut to the main stem or trunk.

Did you already prune apples and pears? Start by removing crossing, rubbing, weak, dead, diseased and damaged branches.

Now is a good time to prune climbing roses: this ensures that plants grow vigorously and flower well each year.

Lui Mimi nu prea ii placeau prunele. Asta pana acum vreo 5-6 ani cand a citit asta:

This Is Just To Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

Apple and pear trees should be pruned every winter: Trees that are not pruned become less productive.

A deciduous tree should be pruned now if it has dead, diseased, crossing or torn branches or if it outgrows its space.

A single tree standing in the entrance to a modern Tokyo house provides a marvelous contrast between the traditional and the new. The beauty of the single tree and the clean lines of the boxy concrete home create a uniquely Japanese feeling, or what I introduced recently as wafu modern (和風モダン) in relation to Kuma Kenga’s new Nezu Museum and tea house.

The intricately pruned pine tree evokes hundreds of years of Japanese garden design almost single-handedly. The pairing suggests a forward-looking aesthetic that remembers and revitalizes traditional culture elements.

From an ecological perspective, the single tree and minimal shrubs provides very little habitat. This quiet cul-de-sac suffers a typical Tokyo over-abundance of pavement, which is a certain pathway to Tokyo Bay pollution from storm runoff and an obstacle to insect and plant life that could feed and shelter bees, birds and other urban wildlife.

Still, the effect of the tree is all the more dramatic against the excess of hardscape. I also would regret if urban ecology became a quantitative calculation of efficiencies and benefits. There must be a place for not only traditional culture but also the type of human care and aesthetic appreciation manifest in this stylized pine tree.

Grape vines need regular pruning to keep them under control: The main pruning time is in early winter.

Dan shares his tried and true time-saving home and yard maintenance system that produces year-round good results.

by Dan Troceen 

Dan and his summer vegetable garden

Recently I was asked by my daughter who has a home of her own now, how do I keep my yard and home looking so nice? I started giving her a few tips, but quickly realized that what I do is a time-saving system that produces year-round good results.

I had never thought of it that way before, probably because no one had ever asked me how do I do it? So, I decided to write up my system so she as a new homeowner could learn about the elements of good yard maintenance. The payoff is that if it’s done right, the yard and home look great, it doesn’t take more time than necessary, and that leaves more time to do the things we’d rather be doing. 

Then I thought, other new homeowners might benefit from this approach also. So, this is what I’ve learned from keeping up many homes over the past 30-plus years, and share it with you today.

1. Get organized. Have a plan of what you need to do and what you want to do — weekly, and over the course of the growing season.

2. Get the right equipment to get the job done, and keep it in excellent condition. That includes a mower, edger, blower, rake, pruning clippers, hedge trimmer, lopping shear, and safety equipment like gloves, safety glasses and hearing protection.

3. Mow the lawn every week during the growing season. Do it religiously. Your grass will love it and grow healthier. But, mow only the top third of the grass stalk. If you mow more than that the grass will be damaged, allowing weeds to takeover! Keep the blade of your lawnmower sharp. Sharpen the blade at least once every year; it’s better if done twice. 

In the spring when the grass just begins to wake up from winter dormancy and is about 50% green, drop the deck on your lawnmower to a low setting (most mowers have adjustable wheels). Mow the lawn at this low setting for a few weeks until the lawn begins to thicken up. Move the deck up one notch each time the grass grows thicker until you move the deck up to its highest position in mid-summer. Tall, thick grass chokes out weeds from germinating and growing, and also shades the root zone during hot summer months.

If you do have some weeds, the best defense is by promoting growth of the good grass through fertilization, and then selectively target and kill weeds that remain in the grass. There are weed and feed fertilizers for application in the spring and fall that work fairly well, and for the weeds they don’t kill, there are spot-treatment spray weed killers that are safe to spray on lawns.

4. Edge the yard at least every 3 or 4 weeks. This keeps the landscape areas and lawn areas looking crisp and well-maintained. It also keeps the grass from growing into the garden areas, thus losing the shape of the garden. The yard can be edged every week if you want, but that takes more time and is not necessary.

5. Water the lawn and gardens so that they receive about an inch of water each week. When there is no rainfall, watering twice per week has been best for our lawn and gardens. Watering more frequently can lead to fungus and diseases in the lawn. Always water in the morning when the air is calm; don’t water at night when the plants and grass will stay wet for an extended length of time, which will promote disease. 

It is best to water with an irrigation system. The next best method is to set up hoses with sprinklers that are turned on and off by a battery-operated control box attached to the faucet.

6. Do not let weeds get established in the garden areas!!!! At the first sign of their growth, either pull them out after a hard rain that softens the soil, or my preferred method is to hit them with Roundup anytime. In addition to mechanically edging the garden areas, you can carefully spray along the edge to kill the grass runners that have grown into the garden area. That saves the time from pulling out the runners. Be careful though with the conical spray pattern. Tilt your spray nozzle slightly up and away from the lawn area so that just an edge of the conical pattern hits the edge of the garden without spraying onto the grass. If the nozzle is pointed straight down, half of the conical pattern will spray onto the good lawn area, and that will destroy the good edge of the lawn. Be careful where the rest of the conical spray pattern goes also. If it gets on the plants in the garden, they will be killed. For that reason, I hold the spray very close to the ground so the pattern is small and tight. Don’t spray on a windy day. Sometimes it’s helpful to use a large piece of stiff plastic as a shield to protect the lawn or a plant. Just be careful that the Roundup spray that accumulates on the plastic shield doesn’t drip off onto the lawn or a plant as it’s moved from one location to another.

7. For easier mowing, plan your garden areas so that the lawn areas flow smoothly, and can be mowed with a minimum of stops, starts, turns or difficult places to maneuver with a lawnmower. The yard looks better with curvy lines, so why not use this approach to make the lawn easier to mow. Where grass does not grow well due to lack of sufficient sunlight, convert those areas to mulched gardens, perhaps laying stepping stones so that these areas can be traveled easier when it’s wet outside. Where grass has a difficult time growing, usually the weeds take over. Be strategic in deciding where lawns and gardens are placed.

8. Straight lines do not occur in nature, so lay out your gardens and landscape with flowing lines. Doing so will soften the yard against the straight lines of the house. Also, avoid planting trees in a row or planting shrubs and bushes in a straight line unless a formal patterned look is desired. 

9. Getting back to the idea of mowing the lawn every week — it’s a good habit to get into so that not only the lawn gets mowed, but some of the other yard and home maintenance can be done as well. Over the past several years my informal weekly to-do list had evolved into a spreadsheet with all the seasonal home and yard requirements noted on it. I use this as my annual game plan, and then refer to it weekly to see what I should be doing this week or next.

It’s particularly helpful to note scheduled lawn fertilizer applications and spraying for bugs both inside the house and around the foundation of the house. This has become very important for me ever since I planted my fig trees, blueberry bushes and roses so that I keep track of the fertilizer and spraying schedule. It also has helped me keep track of the vegetable garden requirements and fertilization schedule for trees and shrubs that I’m trying to get established. 

Note that when a required fertilizer or chemical treatment is missed, your landscape will show the effect, or the bugs will start moving back in.

10. Pruning the shrubs and trees is important to do on a routine basis so that only a small portion has to be removed each time. Severe pruning shows, and can be hard or fatal to a shrub or tree. 

I’ve found that pruning shrubs is best done after the new spring growth has had a chance to set. Typically late May or June is a good time to trim the shrubs. When we’ve received a lot of rain during the spring and summer, another light pruning in September may be needed. 

For trees, it’s best to prune while they are dormant, which means a winter month. In general, the ideal winter month to prune is late February or March, just before the tree wakes up from dormancy, or just as it wakes up. Other light pruning can occur on both shrubs and trees during the growing season, but not after October 1st. The cuts have to harden before the first frost or freeze that might occur in November. 

Other important tips on pruning trees: never remove more that a third of a tree’s total mass at one time, no more than one-third of a branch if shaping a tree and never prune the central leader (which will destroy the natural shape of the tree and its vital structure).

Note that there is an ideal time to prune various plants in your yard, and they will benefit if that schedule is followed. Examples are the crepe myrtles, and the hydrangeas. A search on the web, for your growing zone or region, will provide the needed info. This is a good example of info to include on your yard’s personalized Maintenance Calendar. 

11. Keep the exterior of the house and the foundation treated to prevent insects from establishing permanent residency. Spray with Ortho Home Defense Max on all eaves, corners, along the base of the house, around windows — anywhere a spider or bug would love to live. Also sprinkle Ortho Home Defense Max Granules for Lawn and Garden around the base of the house and in the gardens, for a 2 to 3-foot perimeter of defense. Each of these treatments must be done every 3 months to retain an effective barrier. If not done, the house will get covered with spider webs, spider droppings, and all sorts of other creepy-crawlies leaving their mark on your house. Eventually, these new residents will make their way into your home as their families grow! By keeping the bug population down, your home will be much cleaner on the outside.

12. Wash down the siding, eaves and windows each year in the spring after the pollen has finished falling from the trees. Doing this once a year not only takes the pollen off, but also removes any mildew or fungus that may be starting to grow on the paint. All of those things, plus the dust, dirt and chemicals in the air that fall on our homes is very destructive to the paint. If you keep the house washed down, then it looks great, and the paint will last a lot longer. The difference could be several extra years of paint life by washing down the house.

How the house is washed down is an important element to review. In short, washing with the lowest pressure water, and least harmful chemical mixture is best. A mild approach prevents water intrusion behind siding and into the house, and does not break down the paint. Protect door and window areas on the inside. Check to see that water is not entering the house when they are being sprayed. High pressure can break the seal on insulated glass windows, rip the mortar from between bricks, cut lines into siding and rip pieces of the house loose. 

I recommend using a soft bristle brush, like the ones for washing a car’s paint, with a mild solution of about a 1/4 cup of Dawn dishwashing detergent, and 1/2 to 1 cup of bleach to about 3 to 4 gallons water. You’ll know that the bleach is strong enough if the mildew washes right off. The detergent is to get the sudsing action that will lift and carry the dirt away. First, lightly spray the area that needs to be washed to remove loose dirt and debris. Then wash the area with the brush and solution. Then, again lightly spray down the washed areas with fresh water before the solution dries on the siding. Squeegee the windows dry. Step back and be amazed at how great the house looks when it’s clean. If the house is washed each year, the job can be accomplished by this method. When the house is extremely dirty, a professional pressure wash will be the best option, but carefully screen for a neat, careful, conscientious contractor.

13. Plan ahead for the next year’s growing season by updating the Lawn and Garden Maintenance Calendar in January or February each year. Look over your notes from the last year to see what worked and what didn’t. Update or modify your plan. Make a list of items needed to purchase, like fertilizers or sprays so that they will be in place at the right time.

A little planning and organization will increase personal productivity during the year by doing the right thing at the right time. No longer will there need to be big yard cleanup days or weekends because things have gotten out of control. If you develop your own plan and stick to it the results will show in your yard year-round and you’ll have more time to do the other things you enjoy.

Do you have old, overgrown apples and pear trees? They can still be attractive and productive if they are pruned now.

from the cool site Epicurious

Epicurious made another polemic list of New York’s top restaurants, featuring some of the coolest places around. Although I don’t know many places (and I’m happy I’d have to come back to NY to check them out), I think the research was very interesting, so I’m sharing here with you guys:

Everyone’s a food critic in New York, but no one knows where to eat. Too many places open and close. Some are hot for a month and then vanish, inexplicably, like a one-hit-wonder pop singer. But a few dozen restaurants do find a groove, and a regular audience, and never need course correction. These are the perennials, the safe bets, the treasured top picks. And, thankfully, there are eateries to match all needs: high-end celebrity chef dining destinations (good luck spotting Thomas Keller or Jean-Georges Vongerichten), budget-sensitive noodle shops, sexy hot spots that never lose their luster (reservations are a must), cozy local favorites, and the classics–where you can find authentic, no-kidding-around lox and bagels, pastrami on rye, or steak. We’ve selected only places that have proven their culinary chops and long-term reliability.

Some of the selected restaurants are: Per Se, Jean Georges, Le Bernardin, Fatty Crab and Balthazar.

Continue…

It happened when I was young and they still haunt me now.

Being chased around the house by my Mum holding prunes and shouting ‘COCKROACH!’

EVIL

Atunci cand nimic nu iti mai merge asa cum ai planuit, cand esti mereu in conflict cu cei din jurul tau, nu te mai poti bucura de frumusetea naturii, de lucrurile simple, cand simti ca timpul a devenit neincapator pentru toate proiectele tal si esti foarte irascibila chiar la probleme minore, inseamna ca nivelul de stres a atins punctul maxim.

Daca te regasesti in situatiile de mai sus, atunci este timpul sa iei masuri. Nu lasa stresul sa puna stapanire pe viata ta!

Incearca sa adopti un stil de viata sanatos, care iti va aduce, cu siguranta, mult mai multe beneficii. La Mignonne stie ca la inceput totul pare greu, asa ca a creat special pentru tine o lista de alimente recunoscute pentru efectele lor relaxante:

Stiati ca portocalele – adevarate resurse de vitamina C – reduc nivelul de stres si aduc in limite normale presiunea sangelui si nivelul de cortizol? Orienteaza-te si catre cartofii dulci – sunt un adevarat remediu atunci cand stresul este imposibil de controlat: satisfac nevoia de carbohidrati, contin beta-caroten si foarte multe vitamine.

Prunele uscate contin mult magneziu, relaxeaza musculatura, ajutand astfel la eliminarea stresului si la instalarea bunei dispozitii.

Carnea de curcan contine un aminoacid numit L-triptofan care accelereaza eliberarea de serotonina, care ofera creierului o stare de bine si de relaxare. L-triptofanul are si un cunoscut efect de calmare.

Deficienta de magneziu poate provoca migrene sau dureri puternice de cap, de aceea este bine sa consumam spanac – o ceasca de spanac pe zi ne asigura 40% din necesarul zilnic de magneziu.

Un studiu britanic a demonstrat ca somonul-o reala sursa de Omega 3- tine nivelul stresului sub control.

Migdalele, fisticul si alunele sunt surse de vitamina B si E si ne ajuta sa ne mentinem tensiunea sangelui in limite normale si cresc sistemul imunitar.

Avocado este bogat in potasiu si reduce tensiunea sangelui.

Sa nu uitam legumele verzi, cele care care ne mentin corpul intr-o stare excelenta si ne ofera un aport considerabil de vitamine.

El Nashra – Paula Astih et Reine Rizk

“Un dossier dangereux, encore inconnu par la plupart des gens… Récemment dévoilé, il semble n’avoir pas capté l’attention de tous les Libanais, bien qu’il soit d’ordre vital. Ce dossier stagne sous le joug du dossier gouvernemental et des crises économiques et sociales, locales et régionales. C’est un danger à la santé humaine et requiert une solution radicale”.

C’est ainsi que le ministre sortant de l’Environnement, Antoine Karam, définit “l’usage arbitraire des pesticides agricoles qui causent des maladies cancérigènes”.

Levant le jour sur ce dossier, il révèle à notre site “Elnashra.com” que des études expérimentales ont confirmé l’ampleur de ce danger. Une mobilisation immédiate s’avère nécessaire pour la lutte contre ce danger, surtout que ses symptômes tardent à apparaître. “Ce sujet serait beaucoup plus dangereux que la grippe porcine”, dit Karam.

100% des courgettes contiennent des résidus de pesticides cancérigènes

“L’étude expérimentale a porté sur plusieurs genres de fruits et de végétaux, cultivées dans différentes régions libanaises. Des résidus de pesticides ont été détectés dans la majorité des cultures, à des doses dépassant les normes internationales”, explique le ministre. “40% en moyenne des cultures contiennent des résidus de pesticides, mais qui varient selon les régions: 39% des cultures à Akkar sont contaminés, 17% au Chouf, 26% à Iklim-al-Kharroub, 50% dans les zones proches de Beyrouth, et 58% au Liban Sud”, ajoute-t-il. Et de poursuivre: “Le taux de contamination varie également d’une culture à l’autre: 40% des fraises renferment des résidus de pesticides, 32% des oranges, 30% des tomates, 49 des concombres, 14% des citrons, 33% des prunes, et … 100% des courgettes!!!”

Encore plus étonnant! Karam rapporte que cette étude a montré la présence de pesticides agricoles dont l’usage est prohibé au niveau international. Ils ne doivent pas, par conséquent, parvenir jusqu’au Liban.

Selon le ministre Karam, le problème concerne les quantités appliquées, les matières actives, et les durées de prévention. “Il faut tenir compte de la durée de prévention mentionnée sur l’emballage de chaque pesticide: c’est la période qui doit séparer la date de récolte de celle de la dernière application de pesticides”… “Malheureusement, poursuit-il, pour remporter davantage de gains, les agriculteurs procèdent à la cueillette avant l’achèvement de ce délai; leurs produits empoisonnées seraient alors vendus aux consommateurs”.

Le lavage n’élimine pas les pesticides cancérigènes et les maladies n’apparaissent qu’après des années

Quant à une éventuelle élimination des résidus de pesticides par le lavage des fruits et des légumes, Karam explique que la majorité des produits utilisés sont systémiques, absorbés par la plante. Ils s’intègrent donc à la sève des cultures. Il ajoute: “Ce danger est à caractère cumulatif parce que les symptômes négatifs n’apparaissent qu’après des années”.

Selon le ministre de l’Environnement, c’est au ministère de l’Agriculture et des douanes libanaises de contrôler les contrebandes de pesticides prohibés. Le pire c’est que certains agriculteurs sont conscients du danger de ces pesticides, mais ne cessent de les utiliser en vue d’une meilleure productivité.

La solution que Karam propose est l’élaboration d’une étude globale en coopération avec le ministère de la Santé qui se dit favorable à ce sujet. Les agriculteurs doivent aussi assister à des sessions de formation et de mobilisation. Ensuite, “nous pourrions parvenir à l’étape la plus importante, celle d’indiquer la source de chaque produit, ce qui permettrait aux représentants des ministères de la Santé, de l’Environnement et de l’Economie de pouvoir déterminer quels agriculteurs enfreignent les lois”, conclut Karam.

Le ministère de l’Agriculture: nous sommes conscients de ce problème, mais nous ne disposons que de trois conseillers agricoles

Le directeur général du ministère de l’Agriculture, Samir Chami, signale que ce problème n’est guère nouveau. “Nous en souffrons depuis des décennies, parce que les agriculteurs ignorent les techniques essentielles de l’application des pesticides”, précise-t-il. Il ajoute que l’agriculteur libanais est convaincu que l’usage excessif des pesticides améliore la productivité en quantité et en qualité. “Il ignore également que les pesticides tuent les ennemis naturels des pestes”, précise-t-il, expliquant que les insectes bénéfiques préservent l’équilibre écologique. “Les maladies fongiques se multiplient alors sous l’effet de l’humidité et de la chaleur”, ajoute Chami.

Selon lui, la première étape sur la voie de la solution serait la création d’un réseau de vulgarisation, devenu nécessaire par suite de l’absence des conseillers agricoles. “Au Liban, nous ne disposons que de trois conseillers, mais le conseil des ministres a finalement accepté de nommer des conseillers agricoles qui devraient auparavant passer des tests”, annonce le directeur général du ministère de l’Agriculture.

Le ministère de l’Agriculture interdit l’importation des pesticides prohibés internationalement… Mais qu’en est-il des contrebandes?

Chami assure en outre que le ministère de l’Agriculture interdit l’importation de tout pesticide prohibé au niveau international; soulignant qu’une commission regroupant des représentants des ministères de la Santé et de l’Environnement, des centres de recherche des universités américaine et libanaise, des entreprises de fabrication de pesticides et de l’association de protection des consommateurs s’occupent de cette question. Il insiste alors que les ministères concernées coopèrent continuellement sur ce plan.

Khalifeh: les ministères de l’Agriculture et de l’Environnement sont les principaux concernés par ce dossier

Le ministre de la Santé Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh place ce dossier dans le cadre des prérogatives des ministères de l’Agriculture et de l’Environnement, rappelant que son ministère s’acharne pour trouver des solutions à la pandémie de la grippe A. Selon lui, l’étude menée par le ministère de l’Environnement est suffisante. “La solution débute par des expériences que devrait effectuer l’institut des recherches agronomiques”, ajoute-t-il.

Quant à l’effet nocif des pesticides sur la santé humaine, Khalifeh déclare que “tous les produits chimiques dont la dose dépasse la normale conduisent nécessairement à des maladies cancérigènes, notamment le cancer du tube digestif”.

Le ministère de l’Economie: nous ne sommes concernés qu’une fois les dégâts concrétisés

De son côté, le ministère de l’Economie assure que son intervient survient après que l’effet nocif du pesticide est confirmé. Il exhorte alors les ministères de l’Agriculture et de la Santé à œuvrer en vue d’arrêter catégoriquement les contrebandes et l’importation des pesticides prohibés, parce qu’ils sont “très dangereux pour la santé du consommateur libanais”.

L’association de protection du consommateur: les pesticides chimiques sont à l’origine des taux élevés de cancer au Liban

Le président de l’association de protection du consommateur, Zouheir Berro, assure que les pesticides chimiques sont à l’origine des taux élevés de cancer au Liban. Soulignant que les agriculteurs ignorent quels pesticides utiliser et à quelle dose, il dénonce la négligence de l’Etat qui pousse les agriculteurs à consulter les entreprises vendant ces produits. “Les entreprises incitent à pulvériser davantage de pesticides, ce qui conduit aux maladies cancérigènes, aux infections inflammatoires, et à la stérilité”, explique Berro.

Article préparé et rédigé par: Paula Astih – “Elnashra.com”
Adaptation française : Reine Rizk – “Elnashra.com”