In Puerto Rico, cheap labor and generous tax breaks – since 2017, more than $100 billion worth – have made US-based pharmaceutical firms the biggest economic players in town. But a new report suggests that Big Pharma’s footprint on the island has come with other serious costs: illegal dumping of toxic waste, pollution and depletion of groundwater, and violations of other vital Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
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