Tag: Peruvian Amazon

Indigenous communities from the Peruvian Amazon told Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) to clean up its toxic waste from their tropical rainforest or face a major lawsuit.

A report to be released 3 May, the eve of Occidental Petroleum’s (Oxy) Annual General Meeting, reveals that the LA-based oil major deliberately ignored industry standards and employed out-of-date practices in its operations in the Peruvian Amazon, resulting in severe cadmium and lead poisoning among indigenous communities.