Colombian palm oil company under investigation for polluting rivers

Mongabay
Mar 2, 2022, 11:36 pm211 pts
Following an inspection in June 2016, Corporación Autónoma de Santander (CAS), one of the environmental authorities in the northeastern Colombian department of Santander, found that toxic waste was flowing from Oro Rojo’s palm oil mill into the Caño 41, a tributary that flows into the Magdalena River.…

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