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Oil Contamination in Lago Agrio, Ecuador

Date: 1964 to 1994

Description: From 1964 to 1990 Texaco produced water from its wells into open pits rather than re-injecting the toxic water back underground. This water was heavy in cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and responsible for contamination in the water supply and ecological damage to their land. Main serious ecological problems that oil development has created there were water pollution, soil contamination, and deforestation and cultural upheaval. Tens of thousands of people in the region of Lago Agrio have claimed to suffered illnesses and ecological damage to their land caused by Texaco's oil contamination.

4 Links: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2010/2010-05-26-092.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_Agrio_oil_field http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2009/08/13/coverstory.html http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/05/texaco200705