Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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07/10/2004 | (Dole Food Company) | Thousands Banana workers file lawsuit in LA against chemical and fresh produce companies over pesticide use in 1980s causing sterility, testicular atrophy, miscarriages, birth defects, liver damage, and cancer when inhaled or absorbed by the skin. | Costa Rica | ENN - Reuters | Injuries & Diseases | |
18/01/2003 | (Dole Food Company) | Companies that produced and used DBCP pesticide in banana plantations - allegedly causing sterility and other health defects - ordered to pay damages to 450 workers - $489.4 million. | Managua, Nicaragua | The New York Times | Injuries & Diseases | |
31/12/1992 | Dole Food Company | 1.000 injured banana workers compensated in out of court settlement - $20 million. | Costa Rica | The New York Times, TED | Injuries & Diseases | |
31/12/1989 - 01/01/1970 | (Dole Food Company) | Former Latin American banana laborers in companies such as Chiquita and Dole face sterilization and other health side-effects caused by exposure to pesticide DBCP produced by Shell and Dow. | Latin America | Independent | Injuries & Diseases |