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There are strange infections – and even stranger ones because we never thought they were virally transmitted and coming from bacteria, instead of just resulting from unhealthy lifestyle, genetics, or ageing. ‘A growing number of diseases that were thought to be down to genetics or lifestyle turn out to have an infectious origin.’ For starters, [...]

The Caribbean is not the only territory contaminated with chlordecone, a highly persistent pollutant and suspected carcinogen, used as a pesticide in the banana plantations in Guadeloupe and Martinique between 1981 and 1993. According to reports, some 1,600 tons of chlordecone were produced in the United States between 1958 and 1976. About 200 more [...]