#2026-491France Recognizes State Responsibility and Compensation Goals for Chlordecone Victims
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This law recognizes that the French State shares responsibility for the health, moral, environmental, and economic harm caused by chlordecone contamination in Guadeloupe and Martinique. It sets national goals to reduce exposure, clean contaminated land and water, support scientific research, and protect food safety.
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Key Changes
- Recognizes the State’s share of responsibility for chlordecone-related harm in Guadeloupe and Martinique
- Sets goals for decontamination, exposure reduction, food safety, and support for affected fishing and farming professionals
- Requires reports on extending pesticide victim compensation and on chlordecone contamination in soils
Obligations
What this law requires
The State must conduct actions to eliminate the risk of exposure to chlordecone, with priority given to protecting public health, food safety, and sanitary security.
The State must pursue decontamination of land and water contaminated by chlordecone and its transformation products, including through research on sequestration, remediation, degradation, and large-scale decontamination techniques.
The State must support fishing and agricultural professionals affected by chlordecone pollution to enable local production without chlordecone risk.
The State must seek and characterize pathologies developed by women due to exposure to chlordecone.
The State must pursue compensation for all victims of chlordecone contamination in Guadeloupe and Martinique, whether the exposure occurred in a professional or non-professional context.