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Poisoned Nicaraguan banana workers get another shot at justice

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In 1979, American environmental authorities banned a dangerous pesticide known widely as Nemagon. This toxic bug-killer – which was manufactured by big firms such as Dow Chemical and also known by the name dibromochloropropane, or DBCP – was accused of making men sterile and causing other health hazards. But that ban only covered sale of Nemagon here on domestic soil. Incredibly, despite knowing...

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