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The film that stood up to banana giant Dole over pesticide poisoning (and won) [1]

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The documentary Bananas! highlighted plight of Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who brought a legal case in the US against the use of a banned pesticide DBCP by the Dole Food Company. Tom Levitt reports.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2011
Tom Levitt [2]
Ecologist [3]
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Banana [4], Cinema [5], Nicaragua [6], Occupational Health [7], Health Effects [8], United States Of America (US) [9], Pesticide Use [10], Multinational Corporations (MNCs) [11], Food Process Industry [12], Court [13], Pesticide Poisoning [14], Pesticides And Toxins [15]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/film-stood-banana-giant-dole-over-pesticide-poisoning-and-won

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/tom-levitt
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/ecologist
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/banana
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cinema
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nicaragua
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/occupational-health
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-use
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/multicorporations
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-process-industry
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/court
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-poisoning
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides-and-toxins