Shell and Nigeria have failed on oil pollution clean-up, Amnesty says

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Three years on from UN study saying it will take 30 years to clean up Ogoniland oil spills, little has changed

Little action has been taken to clean up pollution caused by oil production in Nigerias Niger Delta region, either by the government or Shell Oil, Amnesty International and other groups charged Monday.

Oil production has contaminated the drinking water of at least 10 communities in the Ogoniland area but neither the Nigerian government nor Royal Dutch Shells Nigeria subsidiary have taken effective measures to restore the fouled environment, said the new report by Amnesty International, Friends of The Earth Europe, Center for Environment, Human Rights and Development, Environmental Rights Action, and Platform.

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