Miller, T. Christian,
The Hunt for Black Gold Leaves a Stain in Ecuador. T. Christian Miller. - Los Angeles Times, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 43, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: The Hunt for Black Gold Leaves a Stain in Ecuador, Nov. 30, 2003; pp. A1+.
"When Texaco contractors showed up at Monica Torres' wood shack in the jungle, they said they had come to clean up the mess the company had left behind. A pool of black oil sludge sat like a tar pit in her backyard, dumped by the company years earlier while drilling nearby. Company contractors trundled in a bulldozer, covered the pit with dirt and told her that it was clean. But today [2003], nearly a decade later, black gunk still oozes from the weed-covered mound when it rains. Water from the family's main source, a nearby stream laced with paisley rainbows of petroleum residue, makes her children vomit. Torres suffers from severe headaches." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article discusses the "multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleging that Texaco's operations between 1972 and 1992 destroyed land, sickened residents and contributed to the demise of indigenous tribes" in Ecuador.
1522-3205;
ChevronTexaco Corporation
Actions and defenses
Environmental degradation--South America
Health risk assessment
Indigenous peoples--Ecuador
Oil pollution of water
Petroleum industry and trade--Ecuador
Ecuador--Politics and government
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The Hunt for Black Gold Leaves a Stain in Ecuador. T. Christian Miller. - Los Angeles Times, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 43, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: The Hunt for Black Gold Leaves a Stain in Ecuador, Nov. 30, 2003; pp. A1+.
"When Texaco contractors showed up at Monica Torres' wood shack in the jungle, they said they had come to clean up the mess the company had left behind. A pool of black oil sludge sat like a tar pit in her backyard, dumped by the company years earlier while drilling nearby. Company contractors trundled in a bulldozer, covered the pit with dirt and told her that it was clean. But today [2003], nearly a decade later, black gunk still oozes from the weed-covered mound when it rains. Water from the family's main source, a nearby stream laced with paisley rainbows of petroleum residue, makes her children vomit. Torres suffers from severe headaches." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article discusses the "multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleging that Texaco's operations between 1972 and 1992 destroyed land, sickened residents and contributed to the demise of indigenous tribes" in Ecuador.
1522-3205;
ChevronTexaco Corporation
Actions and defenses
Environmental degradation--South America
Health risk assessment
Indigenous peoples--Ecuador
Oil pollution of water
Petroleum industry and trade--Ecuador
Ecuador--Politics and government
AC1.S5
050