Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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01/07/2014 | (Dow Chemical) | Residents of Villa Inflamble filed a lawsuit against the 'Argentinian Government, Government of the city of Buenos Aires, and 44 businesses for damages to their health suffered as a result of the pollution of Matanza-Riachuelo River.' | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Injuries & Diseases, Pollution | |
07/10/2004 | (Dow Chemical) | Thousands Banana workers file lawsuit in LA against chemical and fresh produce companies over pesticide use in 1980s causing sterility, testicular atrophy, miscarriages, birth defects, liver damage, and cancer when inhaled or absorbed by the skin. | Costa Rica | ENN - Reuters | Injuries & Diseases | |
18/01/2003 | (Dow Chemical) | Companies that produced and used DBCP pesticide in banana plantations - allegedly causing sterility and other health defects - ordered to pay damages to 450 workers - $489.4 million. | Managua, Nicaragua | The New York Times | Injuries & Diseases | |
17/10/2001 | Union Carbide (Owned by Dow Chemical) | Pesticide manufacturers have abandoned a stockpile of highly toxic obsolete pesticides threatening health of residents and livestock, soil, and local water supplies - most dangerous of which originate from Bayer. | Kathmandu, Nepal | Greenpeace | Pollution | |
19/08/1999 | (Dow Chemical) | Group of 39 companies deemed responsible for disposing hazardous waste at Superfund site; 18,500 cubic yards of soil contaminated by VOCs, PCBs and lead. Cleanup settlement - $23 million. | Piscataway, NJ, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
31/12/1997 | (Dow Chemical) | 26, 000 banana workers compensated by chemical companies over sterility and other health defects caused by DBCP use in 1970s - $41 million. | Central America, Africa, Philipinnes, | Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, BANANAS! | Injuries & Diseases | |
31/12/1989 - 01/01/1973 | (Dow Chemical) | 49 private and public entities sent millions of pounds of hazardous waste in Casmalia disposal facility causing 'longstanding environmental problems'. Cleanup costs - over $100 million. | Santa Maria, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
31/12/1989 - 01/01/1970 | (Dow Chemical) | Former Latin American banana laborers in companies such as Chiquita and Dole face sterilization and other health side-effects caused by exposure to pesticide DBCP produced by Shell and Dow. | Latin America | Independent | Injuries & Diseases |
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