BP oil refinery workers in Texas win damages of $100m [View All]

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Source: bbc

A US jury has awarded $100m (£62m) in damages to 10 workers who said a leak at a BP oil refinery in Texas in 2007 had made them sick.

The source of the leak at the refinery south of Houston was never identified and environmental agencies reported no evidence linking it to the refinery.

BP concluded that any toxic substance had come from outside.

But lawyers for the workers argued the odour had come from a sulphur recovery unit at the plant.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8421998.stm

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the jury agreed with the workers lawyers.
common sense against environmental agencies.
wish it happened it italy too, more often. how many workers got sick/died because of pollution at work, and their families got nothing because pollution was not enough evidenced.