Highly toxic production water pours into a waste pit at an old Texaco oil facility near Dureno in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest in 1993. When Texaco left Ecuador in 1992, the company abandoned nearly 1,000 unlined toxic waste pits which continue to pollute the water in the region to this day.
Highly toxic production water pours into a waste pit at an old Texaco oil facility near Dureno in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest in 1993. When Texaco left Ecuador in 1992, the company abandoned nearly 1,000 unlined toxic waste pits which continue to pollute the water in the region to this day.