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Dezinsekcija - skandalozna praksa

Pismo poslano hrvatskom zavodu za javno zdravstvo 12. lipnja 2024., nakon još jednog skandaloznog primjera neodgovornog prskanja otrova protiv insekata.

Dezinsekcija - skandalozna praksa

Poštovani,

Ovo je otvoreno pismo.

Nacionalni program zaprašivanja insekata je neučinkovit i neefikasan. Ta je činjenica prepoznata u regulatornim dokumentima programa koje svake godine izražavaju regionalni zavodi za javno zdravstvo. Praksa prskanja insekata štetna je za okoliš i zdravlje ljudi i životinja. Ta činjenica nije u potpunosti priznata u dokumentima, a nikako u praksi.

U propisima ne stoji da se ljudi ne smiju prskati insekticidima! Tako se događa da se ljudi prskaju iz godine u godinu, bilo iz cestovnog vozila ili iz zraka. Otrovi koji se koriste rijetko se imenuju, njihovi mogući štetni učinci nikada nisu navedeni. To je u suprotnosti sa zakonom EU jer u Europskoj Uniji građani imaju pravo na informacijama prema Uredbi (EZ) 1907/2006 Europskog parlamenta i Vijeća: „Građani EU-a trebali bi imati pristup informacijama o kemikalijama kojima bi mogli biti izloženi kako bi mogli donijeti informirane odluke o uporabi kemikalija.“ (stavka 117, str. 14.)

U srpnju 2023. prskanje je obavljeno bez ikakvog prethodnog upozorenja na području općine Jelsa te oko Starog Grada i grada Hvara. Mladić s teškom astmom odmarao se na jelšanskoj rivi kad je kraj njega prošao kombi s prskalicom i direktno ga zalio insekticidom; nekoliko dana imao ozbiljne probleme s disanjem, lako je moglo završiti tragično. Dana 10. lipnja 2024. najavljeno je zaprašivanje insekata za sljedeću noć oko Jelse i Starog Grada od 23:00 sata, po svemu sudeći istovremeno. Naime, prskanje oko Jelse počelo je nekoliko sati prije 23:00: ljudi koji su jeli na terasama u Zavali poliveni su oko 21:20, a kombi je prošao kroz Pitve prije 22:00. Dugi niz godina ukazivali smo nadležnima da je program prskanja protiv insekata nedomišljen i štetan. Čak i kada se provodi u skladu s propisima, nije siguran. Navodne mjere zaštite u propisima uglavnom se ignoriraju u praksi, a neizmjerna dugoročna šteta za okoliš te zdravlje ljudi i životinja sve je vidljiviji rezultat. Za potpunije objašnjenje razloga za zabrinutost, s dokazima, pročitajte:

'Pesticidi u kaosu: potrebna je hitna akcija!' (http://www.eco-hvar.com/hr/opasni-otrovi/380-pesticidi-u-kaosu-potrebna-je-hitna-akcija);

'Zašto trujemo naš raj? Poziv za buđenje' (http://www.eco-hvar.com/hr/za-dobrobit-svih/300-zasto-trujemo-nas-raj-poziv-na-budenje);

'O programu dezinsekcije' (http://www.eco-hvar.com/hr/opasni-otrovi/371-o-programu-dezinsekcije)

'Pesticidi, zašto ne' (http://www.eco-hvar.com/hr/opasni-otrovi/367-pesticidi-zasto-ne) 'Pesticidi u kaosu: potrebna je hitna akcija!' (http://www.eco-hvar.com/hr/opasni-otrovi/380-pesticidi-u-kaosu-potrebna-je-hitna-akcija); 'O programu dezinsekcije' (http://www.eco-hvar.com/hr/opasni-otrovi/371-o-programu-dezinsekcije) 'Zašto trujemo naš raj?  Poziv na buđenje!' (http://www.eco-hvar.com/hr/za-dobrobit-svih/300-zasto-trujemo-nas-raj-poziv-na-budenje); 'Pesticidi, zašto ne' (http://www.eco-hvar.com/hr/opasni-otrovi/367-pesticidi-zasto-ne).

Tko ozbiljno vjeruje da je uništavanje insekata, zajedno s prirodnim lancem, i ugrožavanje građana djelovanjem otrova pravi način prevencije nekih relativno rijetkih bolesti u Hrvatskoj? Vrijeme je da se prekine s ovom štetnom praksom i da se koncentriraju na prihvatljive metode za suzbijanje ciljanih komaraca.

S poštovanjem,
Vivian Grisogono MA(Oxon)
Predsjednica Udruge Eco Hvar

 
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