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"Residents of La Oroya, Peru, known as one of the most polluted cities on
Earth, have won a landmark victory from the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights, which ruled last week that Peru was responsible for the physical and
mental harm that a metallurgical facility’s pollution inflicted on 80 people.
Among the victims were two individuals whose deaths the court determined were
caused by pollution from the La Oroya Metallurgical Complex, a century-old
smelting and refining plant located in Peru’s Central Sierra region, about 50
miles northeast of Lima.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, based in Costa Rica, ordered the
government of Peru to provide free medical care to the victims and to
compensate each individual upwards of $30,000 each, which includes medical
costs and amounts for pain and suffering, depending on each person’s specific
circumstances. Representatives of the deceased victims will receive $65,000
each.
Victims had documented respiratory, heart, skin and other diseases but lacked
access to adequate medical care despite the federal government knowing of the
links between the metallurgical complex’s pollution and the illnesses. The air,
water and soil in La Oroya, a town of about 33,000 people, was so contaminated
that one expert witness had referred to the area as a “sacrifice zone.”
Peru must also take steps to hold those responsible for the harm accountable,
assess and remediate the environmental damage caused by the La Oroya
Metallurgical Complex’s century of operations, publicly acknowledge the
government’s malfeasance and install air, water and soil monitoring devices,
among other remedies ordered by the court."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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