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Umweltverbrechen multinationaler Konzerne - Greenpeace

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Solvay’s lime.<br />

In July 1999, the company signed an agreement with CETESB and<br />

the São Paulo Public Prosecutor, agreeing to share the necessary<br />

information in order to clarify the reasons for the contamination of the<br />

lime deposit. The company admits that dioxins are present in 10% of<br />

the deposit, but denies the presence of 2,3,7,8-TCDD (type of dioxin<br />

associated with cancer in rats). <strong>Greenpeace</strong> disagrees with this<br />

claim 79 .<br />

In December 1999, Solvay signed an agreement with the Public<br />

Prosecutor, CETESB and <strong>Greenpeace</strong>, in which they agreed to<br />

decontaminate the Rio Grande riverbed and their lime deposit within<br />

two years. They also committed to building an emergency barrier to<br />

contain the leakage of toxic material to the environment. The<br />

possibility of incinerating the material was rejected due to the volume<br />

of accumulated material. Solvay also agreed that they would not<br />

market or distribute lime from their storage site 80 .<br />

In 2000 the company presented a study proposing to build only a<br />

barrier for hydraulic confinement of the wastes, a technology that<br />

was criticised by <strong>Greenpeace</strong>. The matter is still being discussed in<br />

São Paulo’s Public Prosecutor’s Office 81 . After more then 2 years of<br />

discussions Solvay has not agreed to implement destruction<br />

technologies to clean up the contaminated area.<br />

Legal outcome Solvay has not fulfilled the agreement amongst the parties to contain<br />

the contaminated site and decontaminate the critical areas. Solvay<br />

has also not been further investigated for selling contaminated lime.<br />

Final <strong>Greenpeace</strong><br />

statement<br />

79 Gazeta Mercantil, 13/7/1999<br />

80 Gazeta Mercantil, 23/12/1999<br />

81 <strong>Greenpeace</strong> (informação dada pela Karen)<br />

Solvay is avoiding responsibility for clean up and compensation. A<br />

global instrument on corporate accountability would extend the<br />

liability to its headquarters in Europe.<br />

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