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[Jan Klimkowski]

Chevron Sued for Billions After Poisoning Waterways in Ecuador; One of the Largest Environmental Damage Cases in History

November 17th, 2009 Via: Sydney Morning Herald:
Tens of thousands of Amazonians are suing Chevron, the American oil company, for poisoning their waterways in what is billed as one of the biggest environmental cases in history.
The Ecuadorean claimants said the company illegally dumped toxic waste from its oil production, which filtered into the lakes used by thousands of people for washing and drinking.
The result, they claimed, was one of the worst environmental disasters in history, which led to a public health crisis with rising levels of cancer, birth defects and miscarriages.
Some 30,000 Amazonians are behind a case to be heard by an Ecuadorean judge. Experts said the company might have to pay damages of up to $US27 billion ($29 billion).
The company said there was no proof that any illnesses were caused by its operations. It said the responsibility for cleaning the area lay with the Ecuadorean government and Petroecuador, the state oil company.

Time for Chevron to change its corporate identity, like Union Carbide after the massacre of Bhopal.

Of course, "changing corporate identity" and "rebranding" is all theatre.

Orange Agent was primarily a Dow Chemical and Monsanto production. Their profits continue to flood in.

After Bhopal, Union Carbide was bought by..... wait for it.... The Dow Chemical Company.

Ordinary people die horrible deaths.

Their children are born maimed.

The beast marches on.

With a different face or a new name, if needs must....