Several local communities in Guatemala, Ticanu, Barra Nahualate, Playa Semillero, Huitzitzil, and San Francisco Madre Vieja, (Communities), suffer from water pollution and airborne exposure to toxic chemicals from Rainforest Alliance certified farms and/or Chiquita banana plantation operations in the area. The Communities represent 1,200 families, an estimated 7,200 people, in the municipality of Tiquisate in the district of Esquintla in Guatemala. I am attempting to change Rainforest Alliance practices and/or Chiquita banana practices through a federal lawsuit I filed against Chiquita last year. For more info please visit http://www.waterandsanitationhealth.com

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