Chevron in Ecuador

The archive of the Clean Up Ecuador campaign website


Cancer Study in Village of San Carlos

By M. San Sebastián, B. Armstrong, J. A. Córdoba and C. Stephens., Occupational Environmental Medicine

This report, published in Occupational Environmental Medicine by M San Sebastián, B Armstrong, J A Córdoba and C Stephens, highlights the high rate of cancer suffered by the Ecuadorian rainforest community of San Carlos, linking this to toxins found in local drinking water that result from oil contamination.