In this Nov. 18, 2007 photo, lawyer Harry Durimel, right, stands next to an activist with a sign that reads in French "No to Chlordecone poison," as they protest during the arrival of the French ...

Paris judges have dropped a criminal investigation into the use of a pesticide which sent cancer rates soaring in the French Antilles, saying too much time had passed to secure convictions. In a rare ...

FILE - Lawyer Harry Durimel, right, stands next to an activist with a sign that reads in French "No to Chlordecone poison," as they protest during the arrival of the French government's Health ...

On 15 April more than 100 fishermen demonstrated in the streets of Fort de France, the main town on Martinique, in the French West Indies. In January they barricaded the port until the government in ...

STORY: Martinique is a verdant Caribbean island known for exporting bananas and welcoming tourists seeking a tropical paradise. But for locals, it’s a different, more complex story. More than a ...

An appeals court in Paris has upheld a ruling that found the French government guilty of wrongful negligence for using a banned pesticide in the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique ...

The French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique thrive on their image as idyllic sun, sea and sand destinations for tourists. But few visitors are aware that these lush, tropical islands ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto RicoSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Agricultural workers who have long sought compensation for contamination from a pesticide banned in France but used in the country’s Caribbean islands of ...