Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/08/1999 | (BASF SE) (Ashland Inc) (Colgate-Palmolive Company) (Curtiss-Wright Corporation) (Benjamin Moore & Co.) (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (Dow Chemical) (Fisher Price) (Ford Motor Company) (General Electric) (General Motors) (Hoffmann-La Roche) (HNA Group) (Henkel) (Gulton Industries Inc) (Du Pont) (Exxon Mobil) (Cytec Industries) (Johnson & Johnson) (Kimberly-Clark) (Mattel) (PPG Industries) (Pfizer) (Olin Corporation) (Novartis) (Mobil) (Morton Salt) (Mayco Oil & Chemical) (International Flavors & Fragrances) (International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Texaco) (Union Carbide) (W.R. Grace and Company) (Tang Realty) (Solutia) (Rohm and Haas) (Reichhold) (Pratt & Whitney) | 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 | |
| 31/12/1989 - 01/01/1973 | Rhône-Poulenc (Part Of Sanofi) | 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 - 01/01/1973 | (Aerochem Inc) (Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings) (Chevron) (Dow Chemical) (Deutsch Co) (Clairol) (Exxon Mobil) (General Dynamics) (General Electric) (General Motors) (Procter & Gamble) (Pacific Gas and Electric Company) (Waste Management) (Northrop Grumman) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Lockheed Martin) (AstraZeneca) (Union Pacific Railroad Company) (Unocal) (Texaco) (Square D) (SoCalGas) (Romic Environmental Technologies) | 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 | |
| 30/11/2006 - 01/11/2006 | (Suppliers Of Acer) (Suppliers Of Founder Group) (Suppliers Of Apple) (Suppliers Of ASRock) (Suppliers Of ASUS) (Suppliers Of BYD Company Ltd.) (Suppliers Of Canon) (Suppliers Of Compaq) (Suppliers Of Datang Telecom) (Suppliers Of Elecom) (Suppliers Of Dell) (Suppliers Of Seiko Epson Corporation) (Suppliers Of Foxconn Technology Group) (Suppliers Of Fujitsu) (Suppliers Of Gateway Inc.) (Suppliers Of Huawei) (Suppliers Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Suppliers Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Suppliers Of Microsoft) (Suppliers Of Konka Group Co., Ltd.) (Suppliers Of Lenovo) (Suppliers Of Maxim Integrated) (Suppliers Of Motorola) (Suppliers Of NEC) (Suppliers Of Nokia) (Suppliers Of Nortel Networks Corporation) (Suppliers Of Panasonic) (Suppliers Of Philips) (Suppliers Of Ruijie Networks) (Suppliers Of Samsung) (Suppliers Of Sharp Corporation) (Suppliers Of Siemens) (Suppliers Of Sony) (Suppliers Of TCLCorporation) (Suppliers Of Toshiba) (Suppliers Of ZTE Corporation) (FSP Group) (Volex Group) (Fittec International Group Ltd.) (United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)) (Lixun Precision Industry) (Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.) (Cheng Loong Corp.) (Bestec) (Xinmei Electronic Plastics Factory) (Xinhao Precision Parts Factory) (Yixin Plastics & Electronics) (Delta Group) (Kingboard Chemical Holdings Limited) | An investigation of 13 Shenzhen electronics factories producing components for many well-known brand names found widespread labour abuses. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 31/12/2005 - 01/01/2005 | Exxon Mobil | Toxics Release Inventory counted 1.1 million pounds toxic waste released on environment by Torrance refinery. | Los Angeles County, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 31/12/2005 - 01/01/2005 | Chevron | Toxics Release Inventory counted 1.857 million pounds toxic waste released on environment by two Chevron refineries in 2005. | CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 31/12/2005 - 01/01/2005 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Toxics Release Inventory counted 872 thousand pounds toxic waste released on environment by Martinez refinery in 2005. | Contra Costa County, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 31/12/2008 - 01/01/2007 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | 'Toxics Release Inventory' suggests toxic chemicals released into the environment in 2007 and 2008 from Shell YABUCCOA facility, were 126,837 and 116,060 pounds respectively. | Puerto Rico | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 31/12/1985 - 01/01/1941 | Scott Paper Company (Part Of Kimberly-Clark) | ~21 million gallons of waste oil disposed in lagoons and waste pits; VOCs, PCBs and lead. Periodic flooding resulted in wastes entering the Schuylkill River. 22 parties ordered cleanup - $14 to $18 million & past costs $13.85 million & future oversight $1.1 million. | Berks County, PA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 31/12/1985 - 01/01/1941 | (Chevron) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority)) (CSX Corporation) (Cabot Corporation) (Glidden Company) | ~21 million gallons of waste oil disposed in lagoons and waste pits; VOCs, PCBs and lead. Periodic flooding resulted in wastes entering the Schuylkill River. 22 parties ordered cleanup - $14 to $18 million & past costs $13.85 million & future oversight $1.1 million. | Berks County, PA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution |