his foundry had poisoned the small town of herculaneum mystery. he is now poisoning another city in peru. the communities come together to defend themselves. back in about 2000. 1 i was taking a bus from one guy you'll up in the central highlands uproot down to the coast capital city where my family and i lived. before you get to the city you start to smell the city. you smell think you smell led and you see the vegetation begins to get out. and much of the rock is coated with white gravy it almost looks like calcium deposits. and we stopped the bus and i got off to stretch my legs we were taking a break there in la jolla for about 10 minutes and there were a couple kids who were walking down the street with their mother they were hacking their lungs out they were coughing really really bad as we went to the side of the smelter smokestack is. tons of pollution what you see is the passive contamination of what's leaking out of the holes of the smelter. there's no filter on that there's no chimney to get it up and out of the valley. who you know you

and while the people of herculaneum were compensated those of have received nothing and continued to breathe polluted air. my greatest hope is that people particularly the united states will recognize the cost of. legal system that allows corporate polluters to. literally get away with murder. and sell. we've got to recognise the fact that while investors have rights. no one has the right to take away the intelligence of any child and no one has the right to tribute. children in a committed. in europe the well those formidable action has raised awareness. european institutions are starting to act. in march 2018 the european court of justice invalidated a fine of 22000000 euros against slovakia imposed by an arbitration court judging this sentence incompatible with european law. this could serve as jurisprudence for conflicts within europe. in making this decision the european court of justice seems to want to reaffirm its sovereignty and jurisdiction. the european commission is also preparing a project for a public international and permanent court to replace private arbitration. but