Subscribe: Del Monte pineapple packing plant is in trouble again
Due to the recent appeals by residents in the communities of El Cairo, Luisiana, La Francia and Milano, the court ordered three government agencies to join together to eliminate the pollution.
The health minister, María Luisa Ávila Agüero, now has the power to shut down the Del Monte pineapple packing plant and plantation if a solution was not reached. The health minister could order the pineapple producer to cease using chemicals (mostly insecticides and herbicides.)
Del Monte purchased the property less than a year ago and is currently building a water retention system to keep the agricultural chemicals from the ground water, but the communities are seeking for a faster solution and don’t want to wait any longer.
June 19, 2009 7:27 am
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