"We are waiting for the judiciary to recognize the responsibility of the State." In Guadeloupe, where mandatory vaccination mandates have triggered important protests, the spectre of chlordecone haunts the memory of many of the island's population. The toxic pesticide used in banana plantations between 1972 and 1993 is suspected of being responsible for numerous prostate cancers, and caused soil pollution that could last for centuries. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES