The Devils Excrement

Bryan Patrick

Sacramento Bee

Children play in the river just east of Lago Agrio, Ecuador, as the giant oil pipelines above them cross the Aguarico River and head west to the coast. The pollution from the oil is part of life for the people and they just live around it or beneath it.

Bryan Patrick, "The Devils Excrement," in POYi Archive, Item #34476, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/34476 (accessed November 23, 2024).