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Royal Dutch Shell PLC
Brazil Chemical Facility Contamination
Date: 08/19/2010 (Date of Fine Announcement)
Misconduct Type: Environment
Enforcement Agency: International
Contracting Party: None
Court Type: Civil
Amount: Unknown
Disposition: Fine
Synopsis: The Brazilian units of BASF and Royal Dutch Shell were fined a total of 622 million reais (US$357 million) for contamination at a chemical plant in Brazil that allegedly caused workers to suffer health problems from the 1970s to 2002. The companies will also pay 64,500 reais (US$37,000) in damages to each worker and any child born during or after their service at the plant. The plant, in plant in Paulinia, Sao Paulo state, was built by Shell in the late 1970s and was sold in 1992 to Cyanamid, later acquired by BASF.
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