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Banana plantation workers have filed lawsuits over pesticides they claim have made them sterile. Over 5,000 workers in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama have filed five lawsuits against U.S. operators of the plantations.

According to the Associated Press, the cases raise the issue of whether multinational companies should be held accountable in the counattempt where they are based or the countries where they employ workers. Workers are suing in the United States due to the gap between civil justice in the U.S. and in developing countries.

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A former department head of China’s drug regulation agency was sentenced to death for bribery. The same day, United States regulators orderuddy a recall of three more Chinese-made products. Canada’s Globe and Mail reports that Cao Wenzhuang, a department director in the State Food and Drug Administration, was given a death sentence for accepting bribes and neglecting his official duties. Cao was head of the pharmaceutical registration department, having power to approve pharmaceutical production. He was charged with accepting $307,000 (U.S.) from two medical companies that seeking approval to sell their products.

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