Philippe Verdol
Associate Professor of Economics at the University of the West Indies
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Philippe Verdol is a lecturer in Economics at the University of the West Indies. His main research interests are the analysis of neo-colonialism and sustainable development under the constraint of global chlordecone pollution. In 2020, he published Le chlordécone aux Antilles françaises: Politique publique de gestion de la crise. Pour une décolonisation et une coconstruction (Editions L'Harmattan) and in 2023 Le Mémorial ACTE (MACTE) de Guadeloupe - Pour un véritable hommage aux Premiers Moun Porteurs d'Humanité et de Civilisation (Editions Nestor).
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The Historical Resonances of Chlordecone, a Pesticide in the French Antilles
Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?
~ 47 min
Philippe Verdol: “The French public health agency revealed that 92 % of Martinicans were contaminated by chlordecone, as well as 95 % of Guadeloupeans.”
Environmental History II: Which narratives, which poetics, which history for the Earth?
~ 5 min