Nicaraguan banana workers poisoned by pesticides lose appeal in France

Nicaraguan Luis Gomez, affected by the chemical Nemagon, works at his banana plantation in Chinandega, Nicaragua, on May 10, 2022. AFP - STR

The Paris Court of Appeal has rejected a compensation claim against three US multinationals by Nicaraguan plantation workers left sick or sterile after working with the pesticide Nemagon.

Nicaraguan farm workers who were left sick or sterilise after exposure to the toxic pesticide Nemagon on banana plantations in the 1960s, 70s and 80s saw their case rejected by a Paris court on Tuesday, over what it called "disproportionate" damages.