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| Cancer_Incidence_OEM.pdf | 214.24 KB |
This report published in Occupational Environmental Medicine by M San Sebastián, B Armstrong, J A Córdoba and C Stephens, highlights the high rate of cancer suffered by the Ecuadorian rainforest community of San Carlos, linking this to toxins found in local drinking water that emanates from Chevron's pollution.
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VANITY FAIR
Jungle Law: Politics & Power
"One of the problems with modern society is that it places more importance on things that have a price than on things that have a value. Breathing clean air, for instance, or having clean water in the rivers, or having legal rights—these are things that don't have a price but have a huge value. Oil does have a price, but its value is much less. And sometimes we make the mistake."
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NEW YORK TIMES
Rainforest Jekyll & Hyde
"The systematic way that they disposed of toxic waste in Ecuador was to dump it into open-air pits that they dug out of the jungle soil, or directly into rivers, streams and swamps in one of the most delicate ecosystems on the planet"
Myths QA 20SEP06.pdf (55.70 KB)
Does Chevron respect the law and human rights in Ecuador? You decide. On its website Chevron pledges to “conduct business in a socially responsible and ethical manner” and “to respect the communities” where it operates. But Chevron’s defense in the historic environmental trial in Ecuador’s rainforest (“Lago trial”) – where damages could be in the billions of dollars – can hardly be considered “ethical” or respectful of human rights.
"Children all over the world get cancer"
Rodrigo PEREZ PALLARES
CHEVRON ATTORNEY WHO SIGNED FRAUDULENT CLEAN-UP AGREEMENT ON THE OIL GIANT´S BEHALF THEREBY SELLING OUT THE HEALTH OF HIS OWN PEOPLE. SAYS THAT: "CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD GET CANCER."
