{"shapes": [{"geometry": {"y": 0.035781544256120526, "x": 0.91875, "width": 0.0675, "height": 0.12052730696798493}, "type": "rect"}], "src": "http://images.sciencedaily.com/2014/06/140612212535-large.jpg", "editable": false, "context": "http://app.swtr.us/", "text": "A new study of pollution records indicates that the Western Amazon, an area of unparalleled biological and cultural diversity, may have been contaminated by widespread oil pollution over a 30-year period. researchers have compiled a database of chemical analyses taken from the western Amazon area, over the 1983 to 2013 period. These analyses come from a variety of sources, including Peruvian public agencies and oil companies. Though the results need to be reinforced by further study, they raise some significant concerns.\nTrail in the rain forest (stock image). Most of the world's tropical rainforests contain oil and gas reserves. Oil production started in the Western Amazon in the 1920s and peaked in the 1970s, but current growing global demand is stimulating a renewed growth in oil and gas extraction. Nearly 70% of the Peruvian Amazon was tapped for oil and between 1970 and 2009.\n - by Amrapali"}