From 2012 Perú

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Rennert's Perú Smelter In Trouble

American Ira Rennert is the CEO of the Renco Group Inc., a corporation known for its disastrous environmental record. Renco’s Doe Run Peru subsidiary controls one of the ten worst environmental sites in the world in La Oroya, Peru, according to the Blacksmith Institute. This lead smelter has been a cash cow for billionaire Rennert’s offshore companies. It has also exposed thousands of Peruvians to extraordinary high levels of lead contamination. Most of children in La Oroya have lead poisoning.

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