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3 Nov 2015

Author:
John Vidal, Guardian (UK)

Nigeria: Amnesty report alleges that Shell has failed to clean up Niger Delta oil spills; includes company comments

'Amnesty report accuses Shell of failing to clean up Niger Delta oil spills', 3 Nov 2015:…[O]il spill sites in Nigeria identified by the UN, which Shell…claimed to have…cleaned up…are still polluted, says a report…UN…(Unep) inspectors…in 2010…found high levels of contamination…oil spreading into…cassava fields, and water supplies…Unep inspectors said, “Nothing appears to have been done about the pollution,” and urged an immediate decontamination…Earlier this year Amnesty International revisited… and found the site still massively contaminated…“Water containing oil … flows along the path of the Shell pipelines…soil is black and hard…the spills … have contaminated fields and a neighbouring forest…” says Amnesty…[and] Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Developmet (CEHRD)…Amnesty alleges that…contractors employed by Shell admit…to burying the pollution. The report…says…Shell is leaving thousands of women, men and children exposed to contaminated land, water and air…Shell said… “Implementation of the Unep report is part of a wider programme of remediation, pipeline protection, community engagement and social investment activities being undertaken…in Ogoniland...”...“…For many people of the region, oil has brought nothing but misery,” said Stevyn Obodoekwe, [of] CEHRD…

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