Cero Punta, the toxic capital of Panama

It is unfortunate that one of the most beautiful areas of the country is also one of the most toxic according to this article in La Prensa. " "In Cerro Punta people bathe daily with pesticides, exposing themselves to risk predictions reserved" he said.  Carranza concerns that when people use agrochemicals is exposed to large doses of these hazardous substances."

And what of the people who consume these products? "Among the pesticides that are seeking to ban lindane, paraquat, malathion and carbofuran, widely used in agricultural production in the country, especially in the highlands of Chiriqui, from which over 60% of vegetables and vegetable consumed in Panama."

According to the article only 5% of the vegetables in Panama are organic because the farmers don't want to spend the money needed to produce them. And of course the consumer is not educated to the dangers in of eating these contaminated products and if they were, would they be able to afford them?