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Toxic Projects
Located in the
Sepetiba Bay\, ThyssenKrupp Atlantic Steel Company (TKCSA) was installed i
n Rio after being denied by other countries and Brazilian states. The stee
l company releases particles of pig iron and emits tons of carbon dioxide
in the air\, enough to increase emissions in the city of Rio de Janeiro in
76%. This has affected the health and environment of residents and fisher
men in the region at a level so high that it has become a problem for the
company’\;s headquarters in Germany.
The Duque de Caxias Ref inery (REDUC)\, launched 50 years ago\, and the Petrochemical Complex that has been formed around it\, has\, over time\, become one of the biggest p olluters of the Guanabara Bay\, affecting not only plants and animals\, bu t also the health and the livelihoods of people in their surroundings. In 2000\, a large spill dumped 1.3 million gallons of oil into the Bay\, expo sing the social and environmental cost of the project.
\nStill in C axias\, the itinerary will include a visit to the São Benedito Environmen tal Protection Area\, to the Metropolitan Landfill of Jardim Gramacho R 11\; the largest landfill in Latin America\, closed in June –\; and t o the Cidade dos Meninos (City of Boys)\, one of the most emblema tic cases of environmental injustice. The problem\, which has dragged on f or 50 years\, involves the residues of insecticides in the abandoned site and various social actors.
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\nGabriel Strautman: 55 2
1 8107 0991
Meli Trentin: 55 21 8101 8686
Communica
tion:
Renato Cosentino: 55 21 8267 2760
Leandro Uchoa
s: 55 21 8130 2099 / 8871 4992
Site: http://riotoxico.hotglue.me
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