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Apr. 21, 2007

Chemical Firm Settles With Sterile Banana Farm Workers

LOS ANGELES - Thirteen Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who said they became sterile after repeated exposure to a pesticide manufactured by a Newport Beach company were awarded $300,000 in a settlement announced at a rally in the Central American nation.

By Max Follmer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Thirteen Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who said they became sterile after repeated exposure to a pesticide manufactured by a Newport Beach company were awarded $300,000 in a settlement announced at a rally in the Central American nation.
      Under the terms of the agreement, which has yet to be approved by a Los Angeles Superior ...

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