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Two New Zealand families have won a 12-year legal battle against the American chemical giant DuPont after their two sons suffered serious birth defects, the Dominion Post reported.
The boys' mothers, Karen Ison and Andrea Reilly, both worked in the Christchurch City Council's gardens and were exposed to the fungicide Benlate.
The case went to the US Supreme Court three times before DuPont announced a tentative settlement of US$9 million ($12.4 million) last May for six original plaintiffs and another 26 families.
