US fruit giant Dole has reached an agreement to terminate 38 lawsuits filed in the United States and Nicaragua alleging pesticide-related injuries, the company said. The complaints concerned Dibromochloropropane (DBCP), a pesticide sprayed on crops to control worms for over two decades before it was banned in 1977 following reports of infertility among male workers exposed to it. The terminated lawsuits included two Nicaraguan judgments totaling $907.5 million...The agreement was reached with Provost Umphrey law firm, which had represented the foreign plaintiffs, Dole said, without providing further information about the possible value of the settlement.