City extensively contaminated by Doe Run Peru Smelter

Children living near smelter contaminated with high levels of lead

Virtually all the children in La Oroya suffer from lead poisoning

IACHR to examine Peru’s responsibility for contamination from Doe Run Corp. facility

Human rights petition submitted to IACHR regarding human rights violations at La Oroya, Peru (in Spanish)

Children breathe sulfur dioxide pollution at 300 times level permitted by WHO

U.S.-owned smelter continues to contaminate region

American-owned smelter has poisoned nearly everyone

The Interamerican Commission on Human Rights, prompted by Earthjustice and its partner AIDA, has repeatedly urged the Peruvian government to come to the rescue of the people—especially the children—of La Oroya in the Peruvian Andes, who suffer terrible health effects from air pollution emitted by a lead smelter operated by an American company. In fact,…