Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 25/04/2013 | Samsung | Samsung admits using tin sourced from Bangka Island, where unregulated tin mining depends on child labour, wrecks the environment and kills an estimated 150 miners every year. | Bangka Island, Indonesia | The Guardian | Child Labor, Deaths, Occupational Hazard, Pollution | |
| 14/07/2010 | (AkzoNobel) (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Avnet) (Chevron) (BP (Beyond Petroleum)) (CNA Holdings) (Cooley, Inc) (Cytec Industries) (Exxon Mobil) (Greenhill) (General Dynamics Electric Boat) (Eastern Color & Chemical Company) (Drake Petroleum Company) (Sunoco) (Hubbard Hall) (AstraZeneca) (Uniroyal Holding) (National Grid) (Mallinckrodt) (John R. Hess & Company) | Twenty-six parties ordered to cleanup contaminated soil from yearlong (1961 - 1980) disposal of hazardous substances. Costs - $2.2 million. | Coventry, RI, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 14/07/2010 | Whittaker Corporation (Part Of Meggitt) | Twenty-six parties ordered to cleanup contaminated soil from yearlong (1961 - 1980) disposal of hazardous substances. Costs - $2.2 million. | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | ||
| 15/12/2009 | (Supplier Of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings) (Supplier Of Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Supplier Of United Technologies Corporation) | Companies ordered to clean landfill from yearlong (1920 - 1967) waste disposal, so as to protect groundwater. Five companies will pay - future oversight costs $500,000 & damages $3.287 million. | Southington, CT, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 15/12/2009 | Kraft Foods Inc (Part Of Mondelez International) (Part Of Kraft Heinz) | Companies ordered to clean landfill from yearlong (1920 - 1967) waste disposal, so as to protect groundwater. Five companies will pay - future oversight costs $500,000 & damages $3.287 million. | Southington, CT, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 09/09/1998 - 01/01/1917 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | EPA cites hundreds of environmental violations at Shell's Wood River oil refinery located on the banks of the national heritage Mississippi River; excess levels of SO2 & SO air emissions, benzene; 'violations of solid waste labeling, reporting, and manifesting requirements, untimely reporting of emissions of extremely hazardous substances such as ammonia and chlorine'. Civil penalties - $1.5 million + $10 million in environmental projects. | Roxanna, MO, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud, Negligence, Pollution | |
| 02/08/1996 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Fifteen businesses ordered to clean up DDT-contaminated sediment from superfund site. Contamination occurred from 1947 to 1966. Costs - $10 million. | Richmond, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution |