肯尼亚法院允许BP集体诉讼, Kenyan court allows BP class-action lawsuit over toxic waste deaths.

肯尼亚法院允许对BP的集体诉讼继续, 指控1980年代石油勘探中的有毒废物导致了环境污染和数百名死者在肯尼亚北部. A Kenyan court has allowed a class-action lawsuit against BP to proceed, alleging that toxic waste from 1980s oil exploration caused environmental contamination and hundreds of deaths in northern Kenya. 诉讼中指控废物不当处理, 有放射性材料和重金属的垃圾被非法处置, Filed by 299 petitioners, the case claims that waste containing radioactive materials and heavy metals was improperly disposed of, poisoning groundwater and sickening residents. 对于这些指控,BP没有公开回应. BP has not publicly responded to the allegations.