THE HAZARDS OF WORKING IN A BIG PLANTATION

In TV documentaries, we see planes showering thousands of hectares of plantations with pesticides. It is no surpise then, to hear that eventually, some workers get adversely affected from these toxic chemicals that are meant to kill harmful pests.

While not meaning to start a furor, don't we have huge banana plantations in the country?

Dole, Dow liable over banana pesticide infertility claim

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - 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.