The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Colombia and the United States that could be signed in October or November this year will maintain the tariff exemptions already enjoyed by Colombia's flourishing flower industry. But there are no plans for higher wages and better working conditions for the industry's 100,000 workers..."The growth of the industry is important, of course. But behind this positive image, human rights are being trampled. The workers, especially the women (who account for 65 percent of the industry's workforce), lack the safeguards needed for decent working conditions," lawyer Diana Alexandra Castañeda...told IPS...surveys reported...by Corporación Cactus...found that "the workers are not removed from the fields during fumigation with pesticides, which contaminate their bodies and clothing and expose them to toxic effects."...There are other problems, too...[a] painful affliction of the hand and wrist is due to excessive repetitive movements...The problem arises because workers do not rotate between different jobs...[refers to Dole, Splendor Flowers (part of Dole)]