ABSTRACT

Pesticides (1999) ............................................................................................. 16 2.2.1 Extension of the Characterization of Water Pollution (2000) ............ 18 2.2.2 Review of the Data and Knowledge on Drinking Water in

October 2001 in Martinique ............................................................... 18 2.2.3 Hypotheses on the Origin of Chlordecone and HCH Pollutions ........ 19 2.2.4 Persistence of Organochlorine Compounds in Soil of Banana

Fields and Transfer Risks ...................................................................20 2.2.5 Proposal of Sanitary Position to the Hygiene Board of the

Department .........................................................................................20 2.3 Search of Organochlorine Compounds in Soils and Staple Crops (2001) ........ 21

2.3.1 Material and Method .......................................................................... 21 2.3.2 Results .................................................................................................22