Catholic Church : immoral daw ang pag spray sa saging

[AmorsoloX]

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Banana growers urged to stop aerial spray

CATHOLIC bishops appealed to banana growers in Mindanao to stop using aerial spray in their operation, calling it an "immoral practice that infringes upon human health and dignity."

In a letter to Stephen Antig, executive director of the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA), Archbishop of Manila Gaudencio Rosales, Kalookan Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez, Bishop Bernardino Cortez, and Bishop Broderick Pabillo said that for many years now, families living in the surroundings of banana plantations have been complaining of getting sick, their crops dying and water resources contaminated because of aerial spraying.

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The chemicals sprayed from the airplanes that you use for your bananas indiscriminately expose the people and the environment to poison. International and local studies point to the hazards of aerial spraying of pesticides on humans and the ecosystems, the bishops said.

"We are one with all affected people in Mindanao in working for their deliverance from this immoral practice of aerial spraying that infringes upon human health and dignity. We cannot allow their suffering to go on any longer for anything that offends people, especially the least of our brothers and sisters, is an offense to God," the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said.

The bishops urged the banana growers to "value the dignity of life and the integrity of creation over and above corporate gains and profit targets."

"Your professed corporate social responsibility is being challenged now. We strongly suggest that you rise to the occasion as socially responsible corporate citizens and, on your own volition, halt aerial spraying for public health and social peace. As the ethic of reciprocity reminds us all, ‘do not do to others what you would not like to be done to you.’ Please heed this very valid, relevant and urgent concern of the poorest of the poor farmer communities who existed long before your plantations opened. Your heeding of our appeal will stop us from bringing to the attention of your international market the concerns of the poor farmers who have been victimized by your aerial spraying activities," the CBCP urged.

The bishops issued the letter in support to the farmers belonging to the Mamamayan Ayaw sa Aerial Spraying (Maas), whose representatives are now in Manila asking Malacañang to issue an executive order banning the use of aerial spraying as an agricultural practice.

Maas is composed of farmers, indigenous peoples, youth, fisherfolk and former banana plantation workers who live within and around the plantations of Mindanao that are exposed to aerial spraying.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/bana...p-aerial-spray

[AmorsoloX]

naunsa na jud ni catholic church.. pati pa man saging hilabatan?

so unsa man gi propose nga solution sa church ani? ampoan nlang ang mga tanom nga maau og ani?
ang simabahan wala naghuna2x sa livilihood and income nga na generate ani nga industry para sa community and para sa ato country..

ang church maau ra jud sa storya.. paminaw nako, ang operators sa plantation wala nag hatag lagay sa mga pari.. tsk tsk tsk..

kanang organic fertilizer. dili jud kaau na epektibo.. klase klase reaction sa kada tanom sa mga fertilizer.. ang fertilizer sa saging dili parehas sa fertilizer sa humay og mais.. hunahunaon mas delikado pa gani ang organic fertilizer kay taas kaau nitric content along with potassium.. mao na isa sa mga major pollutants sa mga suba og estero... mas mahal pud ang organic fertilizer kay sa synthetic.. gi design pud ang synthetic nga pesticide.. tanan fertilizer pwede magamit pesticide maski pa organic. pero di lang jud kaau effective..

kung wala livilihood ng mga farmers, mag unsa nlang na sila? mag NPA nlang or mag MILF or mag bandido? daun mangkidnap daun sila.. dapat ila kidnapon mga pari... para mkatilaw ng mga paria kung unsa jud ka wa klaro ilang tinoohan..

puro nlang jud BS ako madungan gkan sa simbahan these days.. what a pity.. for being self-proclaimed guardians of morality.. they are being impractical and more political.. gaina lang dha sa junquera, naa ko kitan mga manlilimos, tigulang nga babae.. nagsugat sila sa madre, natingala lang ko kay madre straight ra og lakaw, murag wa kita sa manlilimos nga iyang nakasugat..

di ko matingala pobre ta.. kung naa ta industry, mo yawit daun mga pari nga immoral na.. murag di jud gusto ang simbahan nga madato ta.. hinoon.. di man sila gusto competensya..

[giddyboy]

but they do have a point...there are other safer alternatives to aerial spraying. There is this thing about corporate social responsibility (CSR) u know.

[aulim]

but they do have a point...there are other safer alternatives to aerial spraying. There is this thing about corporate social responsibility (CSR) u know.

If you know a safer cheaper alternative, you can make a killing here, selling to the banana plantations.

[AmorsoloX]

the question here is profitability and sustainability.. there are indeed other alternatives.. but are very expensive.. which would be detrimental to the whole industry, in fact to the country.. this is philippines.. there are only limited capital.. such added costs would be added to the price of bananas making the bananas expensive.. there are other countries that could beat us at price wars..

and, aerial spraying arent that dangerous.. but i would expect some fanatic and catholic defenders to post something that would say aerial spraying is dangerous..

the objective of being in business is to generate income for the community.. to provide honest jobs to people.. mas maau nlang kay sa mag NPA

[john_dux]

@amorsolo

bro, unsa project nimu dha sa davao?

interesting pud ni bro.. share lang nako what ako nasabtan.. mao ni gitudlo namo sa water supply and water quality course sa civil engineering.. kanang farms and plantations (maski unsa whether rice,corn,sugar,pineapple, tobacco and bananas) heavy producer jud na og nitrogen, potassium, magnesium and sometimes calcium (naa pud more than safe levels of mercury and lead sometimes), kay mao man jud na basic ingredient sa fertilizer whether ma synthetic or ma organic pa na.. i would agree nga mas safe ang synthetic because they are designed to be bio degradable and diffuse easily in water.. kanang water sa farms, dili jud na potable.. kana gani farmland, dili gani advisable for habitation.. kay ang tubig ana, taas concentration sa said elements.. moinom ka ana, sure jud sira imu kidney.. kana nga elements ngano mag eutrophication ato lakes ands rivers.. and also, dili ra i blame ang farms jud.. usually man gud sa ato farmers magbuhi man pud livestock.. livestock produces methane and other biogasses which is not good to health over extended time.. and also we should not overlook that most areas nga gi occupy sa farmers kay kadto duol sa body of water.. bodies of water like rivers and streams are called discharge points.. tanan tubig along with suspended matter, molabay jud ana nila.. so dili gani ika wonder ngano taas pud cases sa malaria sa farm areas..

ang solution would be proper education on sanitation and proper implementation of zoning..dili baya jud dapat balayan dapit sa farm. wala jud farm nga clean.. tanan farms mo produce jud anang mga chemicals.. kanang deseases kay due to poor sanitation practices ra jud na...

[john_dux]

If you know a safer cheaper alternative, you can make a killing here, selling to the banana plantations.

kadungog namo anang worm castings nga organic fertilizer.. naa man project ang barangay luz ana..

but i have no idea kung appropriate ba jud na para sa bananas.. i think dili coz mga rice farmers wala man nag gamit..

[emow]

@ Amorsolox: I really don't think profitability and sustainability are in questioned. From your article, it is indeed clear that what the Catholic Church are giving importance to is the health welfare of people being exposed to aerial spray, which i think has a valid point. I'm not a scientist so I really don't know what is a safer alternative but I believe these plantations should begin to have R&D on safer alternatives. I think its rather inhumane to continue to conduct business while other people are suffering from it. They should have started a continuous R&D on safer alternatives years ago as the world had already became health conscious. The Church has done a great favor by voicing out the complains of these affected poor farmers.

[AmorsoloX]

@ john : high end subdivisions bro.. if your interested, ill send you the details nlang

@emow : nindut jud tana nga magdevelop og safer and cheaper alternatives.. but right now. wala capacity ang corporation.. just like dole in bukidnon.. they dont have RnD for that.. if naa, productivity ang focus..

i dont want to sound evil lang ha.. correct si jhon bout the pollution thing, di nako makigdebate og engineer, tanan farms naa jud ana.. dili man airborne ang problem jud.. its water contamination.. those farmers dont have access to safe drinking water.. and also.. dili sila ana ka educated.. they really dont know much bout how fertilizers and pesticides work.. kining mga tawhana dali ra uto2xhon sa kadto supposedly knowledgeable..

i wouldnt disagree nga naa adverse health effects ang pag spray.. but it would require insanely high dosages para mo effect jud sa tao og sa animals, thru sa hangin and it would require prolonged periods of time.. maski para sa mga asthmatic..

nindut tana naa expert sa agriculture mo share sa iya views dire regarding this..

ang ato iconsider is ang other economically viable actions.. how bout relocate nlang mga tao..

[necrotic freak]

ni angal si Amorsolox kay gamay ra ang ginansya basta dili mag aerial spray.. lol profit ra jud gi apas aning tawhana klaro kaayo walay pakabana sa panglawas sa taw.. A$$