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Group denies fabricating stories v. aerial spray

A single-engine Cessna plane sprays chemical at the Lapanday Agricultural Corp. banana plantation in Mandug and Tigatto in Buhangin, Wednesday morning. Aerial spraying is usually done early morning and late afternoon when the air is still, to minimize chemical drift. (Sun.Star Davao/Rene B. Lumawag)

AN OFFICIAL of a local environmentalist group denied reports Thursday they “coached” a woman to claim that she acquired a rare skin disease after being exposed to chemicals used in aerial spraying.

Interface Development Interventions Inc. (Idis) executive director Lia Jasmine Esquillo said they did not fabricate stories.

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