Damning Video of Former Chevron Employee Sheds Light on Case for Justice in Ecuador Video Reveals the Blatant Recklessness that Led to Widespread Contamination and Illness in the Region http://amazonwatch.org/news/2011/0302-video-of-former-chevron-employee-reveals-evidence-of-recklessness-in-ecuador

The video adds a damning first-hand account of the deliberate devastation already evidenced by multiple scientific tests of the region's soil and water supply. Documents submitted to the court in the case for justice in Ecuador concluded that Chevron: Treated the environment "recklessly" and deliberately disposed of billions of gallons of toxic waste into rivers and streams over the 26-year period that it operated a large oil concession in Ecuador's Amazon region.  Dumped more than 16 billion gallons of chemical-laden "produced water" into streams and rivers over 70 years after the industry had stopped the practice in the United States due to its damaging environmental impacts. Built and then abandoned more than 900 toxic waste pits filled with oil drilling byproducts such as barium, heavy metals, chloride, and acid – all of which need extensive remediation.Polluted the air by flaring gas with no controls, spilled thousands of barrels of oil, had no spill response plan, and ordered the destruction of records documenting oil spills.

Watch the video here. http://amazonwatch.org/news-and-multimedia/2010/1027-former-chevron-texaco-worker-in-ecuador-we-dumped-pollution-into-the-rainforest.html