A peasant affected in the 70's and 80's by the pesticide Nemagon

AFP Tuesday November 6, 02:18 AM
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A peasant affected in the 70's and 80's by the pesticide Nemagon, takes a rest beside a pig painted with the letters of US transnational Dole (Dole Food Company), August 2007, in front of the National Assembly in Managua. Six workers left infertile after exposure to a pesticide used in Nicaraguan banana plantations were awarded more than three million dollars damages by a Los Angeles jury on Monday. A peasant affected in the 70's and 80's by the pesticide Nemagon, takes a rest beside a pig painted with the letters of US transnational Dole (Dole Food Company), August 2007, in front of the National Assembly in Managua. Six workers left infertile after exposure to a pesticide used in Nicaraguan banana plantations were awarded more than three million dollars damages by a Los Angeles jury on Monday.

AFP