Scientists Denounce Texaco's Academic Consultants in Ecuadorean Oil Dispute

Fifty scientists have sent a letter to a journal of environmental and occupational health to decry the behavior of other researchers who have acted as consultants to ChevronTexaco. The consultants were quoted in newspaper advertisements and on Texaco's Web site during a legal dispute over oil drilling in Ecuador.

Texaco drilled in the Ecuadorean Amazon from 1964 to 1992, and residents have sued the company in Ecuador's courts, saying that the pollution left behind has caused cancer and

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