UPL chemical disaster: Durban communities seek class action for damages

UPL chemical disaster: Durban communities seek class action for damages

Durban communities are seeking a class action for damages they incurred following a chemical spill at a UPL warehouse in July 2021.

If successful, the class action would represent thousands more people, fishers, hawkers and vendors reliant on beaches for business, small-scale farmers whose livelihoods and subsistence were impacted, and individuals who suffered physical injury due to the fire and chemical spill. Efforts to douse the fire with water meant that chemicals and pesticides were flushed into the immediate environment. Chemicals had seeped into the soil and ended up in rivers and the Durban North beaches. Access to rivers and beaches - spanning 40km - was also temporarily blocked. Harvesting of marine life for food was also banned.

At the time, UPL South Africa expressed disappointment that the report was released without proper consultation with the company. It also said it"does not admit any non-compliance with the law".UPL South Africa also indicated that it was advised that leasing and operating the warehouse for its products would not trigger an environmental assessment as required by law.

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