Decades later, when American factory workers producing DBCP were found to be sterile and doctors in Costa Rica began to diagnose sterility in hundreds of banana plantation workers, health officials would question why Dow and Shell continued to sell a product knowing that testicular atrophy may result from prolonged, repeated exposure. By John Donovan Shell [...]
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Comments on Donna Getz allegations against Shell
“Those poor people are being ‘f** over ‘ by Shell twice. First from the physical damage from the breathing of the acid produced by the flaring of production gases, and now financially.” Donna Getz allegations against Shell UPDATED MONDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2010 Comment from “Outsider” posted on Shell Blog Sun Nov 28th, 2010 at 8:37 [...]
Shells Anacortes Refinery Has Hydrogen Sulfide Leak
By Aaron Clark and Samantha Zee – Nov 17, 2010 8:06 PM GMT+0000 Royal Dutch Shell Plcs Puget Sound refinery in Anacortes, Washington, released hydrogen sulfide from a flare line in the crude unit, state regulators said. The emission occurred at about 7 p.m. local time yesterday, according to a report filed with the Northwest [...]
Royal Dutch Shell Exonerated By UN Report, Bought and Paid For By Shell
treehugger by Daniel Kessler 08.23.10 While the Gulf Coast is just learning about the horrible impacts from oil drilling, the residents of Niger delta have completed a masterclass. For decades, the region has been beset by environmental devastation at the hands of Royal Dutch Shell, which has been harvesting crude oil in the delta while [...]
Brazil Court Fines Shell, Basf for Making Workers Sick
The plant was built in 1977 by Shell… Dozens of former employees of the plant have been diagnosed with prostate, thyroid and other types of cancer, circulatory, liver and intestinal illnesses, as well as infertility and sexual impotence, the statement added. Caracas, Saturday August 21,2010 SAO PAULO A Brazilian court has ordered the local units [...]
Brazil Court Fines Shell, BASF $654M For Toxic Leaks- Report
BASF said the ruling was “absurd,” as the contamination was “caused and acknowledged by Shell,” according to the report. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AUGUST 21, 2010 A Brazilian court has fined the local units of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSA.LN) and BASF SE (BASFY, BAS.XE) a total of BRL1.1 billion ($654 million) in compensation [...]
Shell Pesticide Revelations
Shell knew early on what a potential long term and persistent environmental and health menace these pesticides were. Yet they kept producing them and moving production to new locations even as one country after another banned their use. This is a very ugly story of corporate greed and utter contempt for the welfare of their [...]
Multi-million euro fine for Shell and BASF
Published on 20 August 2010 – 12:30pm A Brazilian court has ordered Shell Brasil and international chemical giant BASF to pay a total of 490 million euros in fines and damages in connection with the exposure of workers at a Sao Paulo factory to toxic substances, Brazilian media report. Workers suffered health problems including high [...]
Roll call of Shell toxic brands deadly to insects, crop pests AND humans
“Note the admission that Shell employees at a drins’ production plant were used as guinea pigs in a related study of carcinogenic properties carried out by the Royal Dutch Group.” By John Donovan Shell pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides The roll call of Shell toxic brands deadly to insects, crop pests and humans… Aldrin; Aldrin [...]
HOW I LEARNED TO QUIT WORRYING AND LOVE SHELL PESTICIDES
And then came the the Dieldrin/Aldrin pesticide revelations a decade later. OOPS. As it happened to be 99+% of all Americans had measurable amounts of Shell’s favorite (and very carcinogenic) pesticide in their bodies. As it happened to be, America was being poisoned, slowly but surely. By a former employee of Shell Oil USA When [...]
Redlands doing legal battle with Shell Oil
SAN BERNARDINO SUN Jesse B. Gill, Staff Writer Posted: 02/19/2010 04:18:29 PM PST REDLANDS – City attorneys entered into a jury trial in early February in an attempt to get Shell Oil Company to clean up a mess the city says Shell made. The city launched a lawsuit against Shell in 2004 over contaminated ground [...]
Shell pollution at Deer Park Refinery
Despite Shell’s state permits, the environmental groups found more than 1,000 occasions from 2003-06 when emissions exceeded hourly limits, which are meant to protect the public from acute, short-term harm. On three dates, records showed, Shell emitted more toxic compounds in a single day than its permits allowed in an entire year
Shell Oil Finally Fined $345,744 For Deer Park Refinery Pollution
It took awhile, but state environmental regulators and Shell Oil finally came to meeting of the minds about a slew of pollution violations committed at the Deer Park refinery. Upshot: Shell will pay a $345,744 penalty for 35 emissions events and record-keeping violations that occurred from 2004 to 2006.
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