The DBCP pesticide cases: seeking access to justice to make agribusiness accountable in the global economy

Agribusiness and Society: Corporate responses to environmentalism, market opportunities and public regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 176-199

  Rosenthal, Erika ^a  

^a USA Perú and the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund   (United States)

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