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[ [link removed] ]A photo of Isabel, one of the women from Cipreses, Costa Rica, who is
fighting to ban chlorothalonil in her country.

John,

It started almost a decade ago. A group of mothers in a small Costa Rican
village noticed their children losing their sense of taste and smell.
Soon, young people were developing stomach cancer. Something was deeply
wrong.

Then scientists confirmed it…their drinking water is contaminated with the
pesticide chlorothalonil at 200 TIMES the legal limit!

This poison is banned in 32 countries because it's so dangerous.
But pesticide giants like Syngenta are just selling it to countries in the
Global South — and now it's soaking Costa Rica’s farms, including in
Cipreses where these women live.

This amazing group of mothers have worked tirelessly for years. They're SO
CLOSE to winning, but urgently need funds to secure the ban in the face of
stiff industry opposition. 

If enough of us chip in, together we can stop Syngenta using the Global
South as dumping grounds for pesticides they can’t legally sell in Europe.

Can you chip in to get this pesticide ban over the finish line?



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Chlorothalonil was banned in the EU in 2020, but the impact of this
hazardous chemical is far from over. Three YEARS after banning it in
France, authorities are still struggling with a massive clean-up operation
– and studies show that it can poison groundwater for many years.

Instead of learning their lesson and taking it off the market, European
companies like Syngenta started sending massive amounts of chlorothalonil
abroad. And now communities in the Global South are paying the deadly
price.

After seeing their families suffer the horrific consequences of
groundwater contaminated by this poison, an amazing group of mothers
decided enough was enough. They’ve faced harassment and intimidation from
those aligned with the pesticide lobby, but refused to give up.

Then this year, Costa Rica's constitutional court gave the executive
branch a deadline of 6 months to ban chlorothalonil! It’s a huge step
forward, but unless the activists keep up the pressure, the ministers in
charge could delay the ban.

That’s where we can help. They’re operating on a shoestring budget and
urgently need funds to blanket the town with pamphlets and banners to make
sure everyone knows, and to bring a delegation of those impacted to meet
with ministers before it's too late.

If we help these brave activists win in Costa Rica, it could have a domino
effect across all of Latin America.

Can you chip in now to get this ban over the finish line?



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  Thanks for all that you do,  
Allison and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]‘Water is sacred too’, Public Eye, 1 June 2023.

[ [link removed] ]The EU and UK exported 1,000 tonnes of a banned pesticide to poorer
countries, investigation reveals, Euronews, 22 June 2023.

 

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