State unable to uphold pesticide case
After years of legal battles, the state Pesticide Board decided that it could prove only six of about 200 worker safety accusations that had been levied against Ag-Mart.
Ag-Mart workers testify
Nearly four years ago, Francisca Herrera bore a son who had no arms or legs, triggering the largest pesticide prosecution in state history. On Wednesday, she and the boy's father said they were repeatedly exposed to pesticides while working on a North Carolina tomato farm run by Ag-Mart.
Board will hear Ag-Mart laborers
Hearing under way in pesticide case.
Pesticide reforms modest, thrifty
Farmworker advocates hoped huge reforms were on the horizon in January, when Gov. Mike Easley appointed a task force on preventing pesticide exposure.
New pesticide rules posed
Farmworkers' advocates say $1.6 million plan misses mark.
Ag-Mart settlement with couple OK'd
State Briefs: 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.
Grower settles with limbless child
Tomato grower Ag-Mart will pay for the lifelong care of a field worker's child who was born with no arms and legs, lawyers said Monday.
Board revives pesticide case
Tomato grower Ag-Mart will face a new hearing this summer to determine whether it exposed its field workers to toxic chemicals in pesticides sprayed on crops.
Pesticide panel gets up to speed
A new state task force on pesticide use convened for the first time Thursday.
State to rethink 271 charges in Ag-Mart case
Tomato grower's fight far from over.
State may tighten pesticide use
Lawsuit weakens against tomato grower Ag-Mart.
Hearing pits state against Ag-Mart
The two-year-old case accusing tomato grower Ag-Mart of exposing workers to harmful pesticides will remain undecided for at least another month.
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