Lebanon’s Rising Cancer Crisis: The Impact of Illegal Pesticides and Smuggled Produce

2023-08-28 07:25:23

In an interview with “Voice of All Lebanon,” the head of the Doctors Syndicate, Youssef Bakhash, sounded the alarm, announcing that Lebanon has become at the top of the list of countries that record the largest percentage of cancerous diseases.

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Bakhash explained that the most dangerous thing in the file of illegal agricultural pesticides and fertilizers lies in the fact that they pollute the soil and enter the groundwater and leave an impact on agricultural lands. Bakhash called on the Ministry of Agriculture to continue the raids, calling on the judiciary to take strict measures against those involved in introducing these materials.

Bakhash warned of a second phenomenon, which is the smuggling of vegetables and fruits that may contain these substances from Syria to Lebanon.

In response to a question about the symptoms, Bakhash confirmed that they amount to bowel and stomach cancer, and said that these effects will not appear today, but in the future, so we must prevent them by ensuring the source of the food and vegetables that we bring into our homes, calling on citizens and municipalities to monitor and verify the products. not to use these materials.

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