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Originally published on December 10, 2020 11:56 am
In late July 2019, a group of migrant farmworkers from south Texas was working in a cornfield in DeWitt County, Ill., when suddenly a crop duster flew overhead, spraying them with pesticides. Panicked, the crew, which included teenagers and a pregnant woman, ran off the field with clothes doused in pesticides. Their eyes and throats burned and some had trouble breathing.
It happened again two weeks later, this time twice within 30 minutes.
The lawsuit alleges the workers were plainly visible, dressed in neon orange hats and backpacks. Once sprayed, the crew’s employer Pioneer Hi-Bred International, an Iowa-based seed company “failed to provide adequate decontamination measures,” the lawsuit says.
Governor was warned of would-be regulator s ties to utility
by Mark Gillispie And Julie Carr Smyth, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 10, 2020 10:25 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 10, 2020 at 10:28 am EDT
FILE - In this March 14, 2020, file photo, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks at a coronavirus news conference at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. DeWine disregarded warnings from consumer and environmental advocates and a last-minute plea from Republican insiders in selecting the powerful top Ohio utility regulator now under legal and financial scrutiny, Samuel Randazzo. (Doral Chenoweth/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
COLUMBUS, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine disregarded cries of alarm in early 2019 from consumer and environmental advocates, concerns echoed in a previously undisclosed last-minute plea from GOP insiders, when he was selecting the state’s top utility regulator a man now under scrutiny as a wide-ranging bribery and corruption investigation roils Ohio.
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