Follow
Back in the 70's my dad had an orchid nursery in Puerto Rico. We used pesticides and fungicides to maintain the plants. One of these fungicides, Benlate killed every plant he owned in 1990. Lots of crossbreed orchids he had developed disappeared. https://www.panna.org/archive/panna-dupont-convicted-racketeering-benlate-case/ https://www.hannonlaw.com/blog/dupont-faces-recent-benlate-losses-health-plant-damage-claims/
@matuzalem Oh wow, that is sad. All the work he must have out into those orchids. I am so sorry he went through that.
@cjcrew It killed him.
@matuzalem I can’t even imagine how that must have hurt. Your life’s work gone.
how utterly devastating. wow. 🥺
@holon42 “Corporations are people my friend.”
yeah☠️☠️☠️
Problems struck first in 1989. DuPont contracted with Terra Industries to mix the DF formula at Terra’s facilities. After farmers complained of plant dam age, atrazine, a potent herbicide that Terra had formulated at the same plant, was found in some batches.