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2021년 2월 12일

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Gwladys Fouche, Reuters

Brazilian communities launch class-action lawsuit in Netherlands against Norsk Hydro over alleged toxic waste pollution

" Brazil group sues Norsk Hydro over alleged pollution", 9 February 2021

Some 40,000 Brazilians are bringing a group-action lawsuit in the Netherlands against Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro over alleged toxic waste pollution in northern Brazil...

... They are seeking compensation for what they say is “the incorrect disposal of toxic waste in the Murucupi River, as well as other effects from the presence of Norsk Hydro installations in the region”...

Hydro said on Tuesday it would respond as requested before the Dutch court where the lawsuit is being filed. The lawsuit was filed before the District Court of Rotterdam...

“The matters brought forward by Cainquiama are already being discussed before Brazilian courts and Brazilian authorities,” Hydro said in a statement...

The lawsuit also refers to a 2018 spill at Alunorte.

In early 2018, Hydro apologised for what it said was a “completely unacceptable” spill of untreated water during severe rains at Alunorte but denied that this had contaminated the local environment...

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