Peruvian Oil Spill Prompts Water Emergency For Thousands

Peru’s General Directorate of Environmental Health issued the water quality emergency Wednesday, more than three weeks after the first rupture was reported on January 25. The second spill, which came from a different section of the same pipeline, took place on February 3, further extending plumes of oil and affecting the livelihood of communities that rely on fishing and agriculture...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/02/19/3751281/oil-spill-in-the-amazon/