DAVAO CITY - The roller-coaster ride of the people who pushed for the banning or aerial spraying in Davao City is now told in a clip featured in YouTube, a popular video hosting service in the internet.
Called Batok sa Makahilong Ulan (Against the Toxic Shower), the video traces the experience of the people—the communities affected by aerial spraying and various support groups—from the moment they started the campaign, the difficulties they hurdled, and their triumph.
The five-minuter video, created by an independent video producer who also shared the same advocacy, is being considered to be developed into a much lengthy video material which will also tackle in depth specific issues that confront people living within and around banana plantations.
The video was also recently shown some students of the Ateneo de Davao University during an environmental forum. Currently, copies of the video are being circulated among non-government organizations, people’s organizations, communities and schools.
A brief description of the video says the video was for the victims of aerial spraying and all victims of chemical poisoning. “The shower of toxic chemicals in banana plantations in the Philippine City of Davao has finally been put to stop by an ordinance passed by the city council and signed into law by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte in February 9, 2007.
A lot of heartwarming and disheartening stories dense the struggle of the victims of aerial spraying and the people in various communities within and around the areas affected by the shower of toxic chemicals,” the description read.
“Aerial spraying is oppressive as it is destructive to the environment and deadly to animals and people,” it added. The video can be viewed using the tag “Batok sa Makahilong Ulan.” (Jeff Tupaz)
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