Whats Wrong With Texaco?
Environmental Destruction For 20 years, Texaco pumped oil from the Ecuadorian rainforest, one of theEarth’s gems of biodiversity, and home to 300,000 Quichua, Siona, Secoya, Cofan, Shuar, and Huaorani indigenous people. After extracting more than one billion barrels of crude oil, Texaco pulled out of Ecuador in 1992, leaving behind a colossal mess of toxic waste pits,oil spills, and poisoned communities. Texaco’s legacy to Ecuador;- • Spills totalling 17 million gallons of crude oil (50% more than theExxon Valdez spill) • Discharge of 20 billion gallons of wastewater, with hydro-carbons,heavy metals and other toxic • Contaminants abandonment of hundreds of unlined toxic waste ponds • Construction of oil roads opening more than 2.5 million acres of theforest to colonization Besides extensive damage to rainforest ecosystems, Texaco’s operations haveaffected the people of the Amazon, who use river and rain water for bathing, drinking, and fishing. Skin diseases,stomach ailments, respirato
