No chemical or banana company has been found guilty in U.S. courts for the continued use of a toxic pesticide in Central American banana plantations. But Costa Rican workers have filed a new lawsuit.
Chile is struggling with how to handle tons of old mobile phones, computers and other obsolete electronic items. It was not until this year that a law was passed to regulate management of this latest type of toxic waste.
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