No Justice for Nicaraguan Banana Workers

1 “US judge overturns Dole Nicaragua banana ruling,” BBC News, July 13, 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10660068.

2 “1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane (DBCP),” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Technology Transfer Network-Air Toxics Web Site, http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/dibromo-.html. The EPA’s web site cites the following for this data: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Toxicological Profile for 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA. 1992.

3 “Nicaragua/bananeros: año sin respuesta,” BBC Mundo, March, 28, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_4376000/4376031.stm.

4 “Victims of Nemagon Hit the Road,” Revista Envío, No. 287, June 2005. http://www.envio.org.ni/articulo/2972.

5 Some also claim that DBCP was used in Nicaragua until 1992. It is also worth noting that there are reports of nationalized banana companies using these pesticides.

6 "Chemical Information: 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane (DBCP." Center for Disease Control and Prevention. April 13, 2010. http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/data_tables/DBCP_ChemicalInformation.html

7 "1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane (DBCP)," Environmental Protection Agency. November 6, 2007. http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hlthef/dibromo-.html

8 H. Babich, D.L. Davis, and G. Stotzky, "Dibromochloropropane (DBCP): a review", Sci Total Environ. 1981 Mar;17(3):207-21. Abstract available at the National Center for Biotechnology Information website: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7015501

9 For more information on DBCP and studies concerning its toxicity, please see the following sources: CDC; EPA; NCBI; Heather Clark and
Suzanne Snedeker, "An Evaluation of Dibromochloropropane (DBCP)", Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors in New York State, July 2004, available at http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/FactSheet/pesticide/fs50.dbcp.cfm

10 “Victims of Nemagon Hit the Road.”

11 Giorgio Trucchi, “Afectados por el Nemagón nuevamente en marcha,” América Latina en Movimiento, June 4, 2007. http://alainet.org/active/17911&lang=es.

12 “Victims of Nemagon Hit the Road.”

13 BBC reports that 468 victims were awarded the compensation. “Nicaragua/bananeros: año sin respuesta.”

14 “Dole se defiende,” BBC Mundo, March 28, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_4376000/4376421.stm.

15 Trucchi.

16 “Gobierno ‘de manos atadas,’” BBC Mundo, March 28, 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_4376000/4376951.stm.

17 “Victims of Nemagon Hit the Road.”

18 Translated from “Gobierno ‘de manos atadas.’” Original text: “…Pero el gobierno no tiene su representación, pues es un problema individual, personal, con la compañía a quien se demanda.”

19 Translated from “Gobierno ‘de manos atadas.’” Original text: “…nuestros brazos no alcanzan a llegar a las fuentes de poder en otros países.”

20 “Banana Workers Get $3.3M In Pesticide Case,” CBS News, November 5, 2007. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/05/business/main3454902.shtml.

21 “Oral Ruling,” Mejía v. Dole, et al., April 23, 2009, 5-6, http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CBsQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dole.com%2Fservedocument.aspx%3Ffp%3Ddocuments%2Fdole%2F04-23-09_Chaney_Oral_Ruling.pdf&ei=tXJhTLuiF4T48AbYjuGwCg&usg=AFQjCNEbqysEAPUGUOaXA_OT36E1s5Hp-g&sig2=8An2VLYDD2O2a6AdwnxwoA.

22 Anthony McCartney, “LA judge in Banana Workers Case Cites Threats,” ABC News, June 7, 2010. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10851148.

23 Marcos Alemán, “Nicaraguan banana workers deny they conspired in fraud to win pesticides case against Dole,” The Washington Examiner, May 14th, 2009. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/ap/nicaraguan-banana-workers-deny-they-conspired-in-fraud-to-win-pesticides-case-against-dole-93824874.html#ixzz0oBjCUsgg.

24 “Gobierno ‘de manos atadas.’”