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Court stops Davao law that bans aerial spraying
Published on June 22, 2007
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The Regional Trial Court suspended the city ordinance that is supposed to take effect tomorrow, June 23. The Davao City residents who claimed to have been affected by the chemicals sprayed from the air by banana companies denounced the decision. Our agony will be prolonged, said one of them.
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Today, July 6, 2007. Banana spraying planes buzz my house on a regular basis but never as many times as today. I counted 16 times and it could have been more. I have a neighbor who worked on the banana plantation for years until they switched to tempoary workers,: he is sterile! Former maid lives next to plantation, she has boils on her skin all the time. We need the jobs but not the associated diseases and noise pollution.