Editing Martinique (section)

==== Local community response ====
In the streets of Fort-de-France, approximately 5,000 to 15,000 residents of Martinique demonstrated in protest on 27 March 2021, denouncing the possible statute of limitations on a complaint filed by civil parties for the use of chlordecone in causing life endangerment (''mise en danger de la vie d'autrui).''<ref name="Franceinfo-2021">{{cite web|date=17 March 2021|title=Scandale du chlordécone : "L'empoisonnement" à ce pesticide en Guadeloupe et en Martinique "n'est pas prescrit", clament les parties civiles|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/pesticides/scandale-du-chlordecone-lempoisonnement-a-ce-pesticide-en-guadeloupe-et-en-martinique-n-est-pas-prescrit-clament-les-parties-civiles_4336009.html|access-date=18 October 2021|website=Franceinfo|language=fr-FR|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018001519/https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/pesticides/scandale-du-chlordecone-lempoisonnement-a-ce-pesticide-en-guadeloupe-et-en-martinique-n-est-pas-prescrit-clament-les-parties-civiles_4336009.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The complaint was issued on 23 February 2006.<ref name="Franceinfo-2021" /><ref name="Geo-2021">{{cite web|last=AFP|first=GEO avec|date=16 March 2021|title=Chlordécone en Guadeloupe et en Martinique : vers une ordonnance de non-lieu ?|url=https://www.geo.fr/environnement/chlordecone-la-grande-majorite-des-faits-etait-deja-prescrite-des-le-depot-des-plaintes-204082|access-date=18 October 2021|website=Geo.fr|language=fr|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018001519/https://www.geo.fr/environnement/chlordecone-la-grande-majorite-des-faits-etait-deja-prescrite-des-le-depot-des-plaintes-204082|url-status=live}}</ref>

The French government's actions in response to the historical authorization of chlordecone are often criticized by residents of Martinique and local associations involved in the "Chlordecone Scandal." The lack of information transmitted to the population concerning the danger of chlordecone between 1993 and 2004 is one of the main concerns expressed.<ref name="Franceinfo-2021" />

The civil complaint in 2006 was issued by several associations from the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, and was in response to the long-term impacts of government-authorized chlordecone use in polluting the islands' natural environments and affecting the health of inhabitants.<ref name="LeMonde-2021">{{Cite news|date=27 February 2021|title=Scandale du chlordécone : plusieurs milliers de manifestants en Martinique contre " l'impunité "|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2021/02/27/scandale-du-chlordecone-plusieurs-milliers-de-manifestants-en-martinique-contre-l-impunite_6071431_3244.html|access-date=18 October 2021|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018001518/https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2021/02/27/scandale-du-chlordecone-plusieurs-milliers-de-manifestants-en-martinique-contre-l-impunite_6071431_3244.html|url-status=live}}</ref>