The government of Peru declared an environmental emergency in part of the Amazon rainforest last month - an area heavily contaminated by oil companies.
That particular area was first exploited by Occidental Petroleum. Twelve years ago it changed hands and is now the responsibility of Pluspetrol, the country's biggest oil and natural gas producer.
Argentinian-owned Pluspetrol will be obliged to clean up the contamination that includes high levels of lead, barium and chromium, and other petroleum-related compounds.
The area is inhabited by hunter-gatherer Quichua and Ashuar indians.
Read more:
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2013/03/26/peru-says-oil-field-contamination-has-created-environmental-emergency/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/26/peru-declares-environmental-emergency-rainforest
UPDATE: Pluspetrol denies responsibility for pollution of Peru Amazon Rainforest
In a statement published in local newspapers, Pluspetrol said that when it took over oil production there was already widespread pollution from operations over the last 30 years.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130401-706164.html
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