Letters to the Editor: Weedicides and cancer

Can the indiscriminate and uncontrolled use of weedicides, pesticides and crop fertilizers be a certain cause for the reported increase of cancers in Viti Levu?

I am thinking outside the box.

Today, town and city councils' resort to weedicides, too readily for its convenience.

The maintenance of the outer-most boundaries and drains at the Nadi International Airport; leading to Newtown and Wailoaloa, are good examples of the almost uncontrolled use of weedicides.

In 70s and 80s, both Wailoaloa and Newtown beaches had much seaweed, shellfish, and the like.

They have disappeared, sadly.

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Can some university scientist undertake some study, in this direction, please? Any findings will be beneficial, in my layman's view.

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