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Research Abstract

Land, People and Environment

• Constanza: Poisoned Paradise

The Problem

• The Politics of Pesticides

• "Silent Spring" in Constanza

• Culture and Illness: The Pesticide Curse

The Research

• Literature Review

• Research Objectives

• Contribution to Research

• Research Methods/Design

Data Analysis

• Biogeophysical Data Analysis

• Health Survey

• Anthropological Data Analysis

• Buffer Analysis

• Conclusion

Geo-Cultural Visual Tour

• Research Photos

• Space, Place and Environmental Contamination

• Environment and Geography

• Patrimonio Nacional Cultural Dominicano

About Me and My Reserach Interests

• CV / Resume

• Abstracts

• Creating a Taino Identity

• Creando un Identidad Taina

• Favorite Links

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Home enclosed by cultivated fields. This home in Palero Community is 4' from field edge.

Home in Colonia Kennedy. Field edge is only 4'.

Home at 3' from field edge.

Home at 1' from field edge.

Location and building materials of this home give it a high exposure rate.

Palero School in Palero-La Sabina Community.

Palero School and adjacent farm fields cultivated with garlic.

Pesticide applicator waiting for tanker truck to begin pumping the chemical mixture.

Pesticide applicator surveying field before spraying. Field Edge is 12' from the school's outer walls.

Preparing hose and boom for pesticide application.

Pesticide application while class is in session. Carbodan, a Class I (EPA Classification) insecticide was used. Applicators sprayed the poison up to the field edge.

Close proximity of cultivated fields to homes in El Cafe Community.

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