Environmental
May 12, 2007
Peruvians Sue Oil Giant Over Pollution
Lawyers representing a Peruvian community have sued Occidental Petroleum Corp. and subsidiary Occidental Peruana Inc. for dumping billions of barrels of toxic oil byproduct into a stretch of the Amazon River.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Lawyers representing a Peruvian community have sued Occidental Petroleum Corp. and subsidiary Occidental Peruana Inc. for allegedly dumping billions of barrels of toxic oil byproduct into a stretch of the Amazon River.
In the complaint filed Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the plaintiffs accuse Occidental of causing egregious harm...
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