Intoxicados e silenciados: contra o que se luta?

Abstract

This paper deals with the spraying of pesticides through agricultural aircraft on the rural School São José do Pontal, located in the settlement Pontal do Buriti, Rio Verde-GO. It occurred on the morning of a Friday, at the beginning of month of May 2013. This severe situation reflects the structure of a hegemonic and suicidal model of agricultural production, that is prevalent in the region and is imposed on the countryside. Moreover, there is real death of voices who dare fighting against it and seek for appropriate health treatment for the affected people. They are voices of members of the settlement community, which has no space in the media and, therefore, needs to be mediated by legislators or by the Ministério Público. The media is silent as to the accountability of those who gave cause to the aerial spraying of pesticides that poisoned people and contaminated the school and community environment of the settlement. It merely reported that there were arrests and releases, on bail. However, the timid and insufficient discussion on the problems brought by agribusiness started with some representatives of the people. Thus, this study aims to identify what was reported in the media about the case, establish a mnemonic record of attempts to arrange actions to treat health of victims, between 3 May 2013 and 29 October same year, and to begin reflecting about the fact through bibliographic study.