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Toxic Torts  
F.Examples of ATCA claims:
●In 1999 – group of Indonesian tribesmen brought suit for envtl. damage stemming from U.S. Corp’s open pit copper, gold, and silver mining in Indonesia.
●In 2002 – group of Ecuadorian Ps brought suit for envtl. damage caused by Texaco’s oil drilling in Ecuador.
●In 2002 – class action for D’s mining operations in New Guinea alleging:  “destroyed the island’s environment, harmed the health of its people, and incited a ten-year civil war.”