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State settles Ag-Mart case

Submitted by Nadine Maeser on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 5:36pm.READ MORE:
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Workers at Ag-Mart's North Carolina farms say their children suffered severe birth defects as a result of pesticide misuse. One woman, who was pregnant when she worked for Ag-Mart, had a son born with no arms and no legs. Full story...
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FIRST ON 3: Pesticide Board to consider settlement with Ag-Mart

Submitted by Joe Mauceri on Mon, 06/07/2010 - 4:58pm.READ MORE:
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Workers at Ag-Mart's North Carolina farms say their children suffered severe birth defects as a result of pesticide misuse. One woman, who was pregnant when she worked for Ag-Mart, had a son born with no arms and no legs. Full story...
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Court approves settlement for NC farmworkers' deformed son

Submitted by WWAY on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 9:12am.READ MORE:
A Florida court has approved a settlement between Ag-Mart Produce Inc. and a farmworker couple whose baby was born without limbs after the mother worked in the company's North Carolina tomato fields while pregnant. Full story...
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Ag-Mart Produce settles lawsuit over farmworkers' deformed baby

Submitted by WWAY on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 12:25pm.READ MORE:
Ag-Mart Produce has settled a lawsuit with a farmworker couple whose baby was born without limbs after the mother worked in the company's tomato fields in North Carolina and Florida. Full story...
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New hearing for Ag-Mart

Submitted by Guest on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 7:13am.READ MORE:
The State Pesticide Board will hold a new hearing this summer on whether tomato grower Ag-Mart forced workers to stay in fields that had just been sprayed with chemicals. Full story...
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Easley forms panel on protecting workers from pesticides

Submitted by WWAY on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 1:55pm.READ MORE:
Governor Mike Easley wants some ideas on how to better protect farm workers and others around pesticides. Full story...
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