US Pesticides in Costa Rica
Bob Carty reports on the problems associated with the widespread and often uncontrolled use of American-made pesticides in Costa Rica. Two thousand banana plantation workers are suing three American companies in a Texas court, charging that they were made sterile by negligent exposure to the pesticide DBCP.
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