“CGC/ChevronTexaco has no right to violate, intervene, destroy our life and our future. It has to leave immediately, so we may re-establish harmony. We ask for support, solidarity and justice.” - Declaration of the Kichwa Tayja Saruta Sarayacu Community
Imagine an oil spill twice the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster. Trouble is, it’s not your imagination. It happened in the Amazon region of Ecuador over the two decades between 1971 and 1991, when Texaco routinely dumped toxic wastes from its operations into the pristine rivers, forest streams and wetlands. As a result of the company’s recklessness, 2.5 million acres of rainforest were lost.
Please see http://www.amazonwatch.org/megaprojects/ec_chevtox
Indigenous peoples of the region continue to suffer an exploding health crisis, recording cancer rates 30 times higher than in non-oil producing areas of Ecuador. Between 1999 and 2001, the level of petroleum in the rivers, on which local residents depend for daily use, was 200 to 300 times higher than the limits set for human consumption.
Please see
http://www.imagenlatinoamericana.com/salud/salud_en.asp?articleid=225
Imagine an oil spill twice the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster. Trouble is, it’s not your imagination. It happened in the Amazon region of Ecuador over the two decades between 1971 and 1991, when Texaco routinely dumped toxic wastes from its operations into the pristine rivers, forest streams and wetlands. As a result of the company’s recklessness, 2.5 million acres of rainforest were lost.
Please see http://www.amazonwatch.org/megaprojects/ec_chevtox
Indigenous peoples of the region continue to suffer an exploding health crisis, recording cancer rates 30 times higher than in non-oil producing areas of Ecuador. Between 1999 and 2001, the level of petroleum in the rivers, on which local residents depend for daily use, was 200 to 300 times higher than the limits set for human consumption.
Please see
http://www.imagenlatinoamericana.com/salud/salud_en.asp?articleid=225