Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense
Clean AirThe Andean Town That Took Its Poisoning to an International Court
For decades the smelter at La Oroya put so much lead, arsenic and sulphur dioxide into the air that children's blood tested above safe limits almost universally — and in 2024 an international court finally said the state was responsible.
80peopleVictims recognised by the Inter-American Court
27yearsYears from AIDA taking the case to judgment