BASF said the ruling was “absurd,” as the contamination was “caused and acknowledged by Shell,” according to the report.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
AUGUST 21, 2010
A Brazilian court has fined the local units of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSA.LN) and BASF SE (BASFY, BAS.XE) a total of BRL1.1 billion ($654 million) in compensation and medical costs to workers who were harmed by contamination at an agricultural chemicals plant in Paulinia, Sao Paulo, the O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported on Saturday.
Studies in the area around the Paulinia unit showed the presence of heavy metals in soil and subterranean water, according to Estado.
The Paulinia unit was built by Shell in the late 1970s and was sold to Cyanamid in 1992, according to the report. BASF later bought Cyanamid and shut the Paulinia plant down in 2002. The ruling covers former employees of all three companies.
BASF and Shell said they will appeal the decision, according to the report. BASF said the ruling was “absurd,” as the contamination was “caused and acknowledged by Shell,” according to the report. Shell said there was no “technical evidence” to suggest that there were any problems that could have harmed people’s health, the report said.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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