Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua tukuna ki te hōhipera tētahi whānau o Delaware i muri i te whakaponotanga i pāngia rātau ki tētahi pesticide paitini i a rātau e hararei ana i ngā Moutere Puhi o Amerika. Ko te tumuaki o te kura, a Steve Esmond, ko tana wahine, a Tākuta Theresa Devine, me ā rāua tama taiohi tokorua i tino mate i a rāua e noho ana i te Sirenusa Condominium Resort i te motu Karipiana o St. John. I kawea te whānau ki ngā hōhipera motuhake i Philadelphia e mate ana i te wharanga hauhautanga nui, me ngā tama o te tau 11 me te tau 9, ko Sean rāua ko Ryan, i te tiaki tino nui. Ko te tumuaki o te kura, a Steve Esmond me tana wahine, a Dr. Theresa Devine, i te hararei me a raua tama tokorua. I noho te whānau ki te Sirenusa Condominium Resort $ 800 ia pō i te moutere Karipiana o St. John. E whakapono ana i whakamahia te matū kino ki te whakakore i te huinga tata i te whare i te ra i tae mai ai te whanau mo to ratou noho-waru-po, i kii te 6ABC. I kii te roia o te whanau, a James Maron, i timata nga Esmonds ki te whiu i te Paraire, a ka mauria ratou ki nga hohipera o te moutere ka rere atu ki te rohe o Philadelphia i te Mane. 'Ko ō rātau āhuatanga, ahakoa he nui, he pūmautanga, he pai ake hoki,' i kī te roia i roto i tētahi kōrero i tukuna ki The News Journal. 'Kei te noho tonu ngā tama i roto i te āhua kino.' Ko te pesticide kahore he kakara i whakamahia i roto i te huinga i te whare nui i ripoatahia he methyl bromide, e whakamahia ana hei whakaora i te pokepokea ai, i nga pepeke me nga ngeru. Kei te tirotirohia e te Tari Tiaki Taiao (EPA) mēnā i werohia te whānau e te patu patu. E ai ki te US Environmental Protection Agency, ka mate pea te pesticide kaore he kakara, ka raru pea te punaha pukupuku pokapū me te punaha manawa. I te mea he tino paitini, ko te whakamahinga o te pesticide e herea ana ki te whakamahinga o waho anake i te United States. I whakapumautia e nga kairangahau i whakamahia te matū 'ki te patu i nga pepeke o roto,' e ai ki a Judith Enck, he kaiwhakahaere mo te EPA, ki USA Today. 'Ko ō rātau āhuatanga, ahakoa he nui, he pūmau, he pai ake,' e ai ki tētahi kōrero mai i te tari ture a Maron. 'Kei te noho tonu ngā tama i roto i te āhua kino.' Ko Steve Esmond te...
I tīmata te whānau Esmond ki te whai i ngā tūtohutanga i tō rātau wāhi tūruhi i US Virgin Islands. E whakaponohia ana i whakamahia te bromide methyl i te Sirenusa Resort. Ko te whakamahinga o te matū e herea ana ki te whakamahinga o waho i Amerika. Ko ngā mātua kei roto i tētahi āhua kino, ā, ko ngā tama taitamariki kei roto i tētahi āhua kino.