Vapers contain glyphosate, an agrochemical that is harmful to health and the agricultural sector.
The Conacyt carries out an investigation to replace the substance with an alternative that is not harmful.
Amlo points out that the contraband sale of this product has been the fault of the transnationals.
Today, during the press conference “La Mañanera”, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Amlo) confirmed that the agrochemical glyphosate would be replaced through an investigation to avoid damages caused by the vapers.
It should be remembered that the initiatives of this government to limit the use of vapers have been quite extensive, although their use has not been eliminated. When asked in the morning if he had been the one who gave the order to the Senate to freeze the initiative to eliminate the use of glyphosate, he replied the following:
“No, we have an agreement that was signed. It is signed by the President so that the import of glyphosate is limited and at the same time the possibility of replacing it with a substance that is not harmful to health is being investigated. Because it is sustained and there is evidence that this agrochemical affects health. However, it is widely used for agricultural activity. It’s a weed killer. So, for cleaning, this agrochemical is used, but it affects health. So how is it replaced? Because there has to be an alternative to continue producing it”.
Glyphosate would be replaced to avoid damage from vapers
The President pointed out that this product is harmful to the health of Mexicans and, at some point, he even pointed out that for some specialists the damage from vapers could be much greater than that of traditional cigarettes: “I am going to say something that I don’t know if It is verifiable, but there are specialists who assure that vapers are more harmful than cigarettes”.
In the same way, the president assured that what is sought with this agreement is to develop, hand in hand with Conacyt, a method or a substance that can replace the use of glyphosate, noting that although they have sought to limit its use, they have Transnational companies have been in charge of continuing to trade this product.
“I was talking a few days ago that before there wasn’t so much monoculture or commercial production. Or there were more small producers. Agricultural production in the country was not so concentrated. Well, the cleaning was done with a machete or with the tarpala to clean the grass in the rows of corn, beans. But now we are talking about large tracts of land. So, with the agrochemical, more progress is made, but it affects health.”
“Conacyt is doing an investigation to see if we can find an alternative. And there is already an agreement that I signed. These initiatives were presented and a controversy was generated, because it must also be said, behind glyphosate are the transnational companies that do not care about the health of the people, or care little. What matters to them is the business, but we as public servants have to take care of the health of the people“.
In addition to this, Amlo finally highlighted that vapers were banned due to the investigation carried out by the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris)which determined that vapers have more than forty harmful substances for humans.
“They wanted to allow the importation [de vapeadores] and there were very strong pressures. In addition, Cofepris did an investigation of vapers and there are not four substances that it contains, but about forty harmful ones. And this is not even known by the young people or the parents of the young people. And that is why we made the decision not to allow the export of vapers, and not to allow marketing. And it continues to be smuggled but we are going to continue, especially informing people of the damage it causes”.
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