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October 03, 2006
People News. Global Sludge Ends in Tragedy for Ivory Coast
People News. Global Sludge Ends in Tragedy for Ivory Coast: The inconsideration of a few can harm so many. Recently a Greek-owned tanker, who wanted to avoid paying heavy fees for properly disposing a toxic mix of chemicals in Europe, decided to dump its waste near the shore of the Ivory Coast. With healthcare in a fragile state and many living in abject poverty, the effects have been devastating.
As reported in the NY Times: "It was his infant son’s cries, gasping and insistent, that first woke Salif Oudrawogol one night last month. The smell hit him moments later, wafting into the family’s hut, a noxious mélange reminiscent of rotten eggs, garlic and petroleum. Mr. Oudrawogol went outside to investigate. Beside the family’s compound, near his manioc and corn fields, he saw a stinking slick of black sludge."
Read more about the Ivory Coast in the NY Times [Here]
Posted by taj at October 3, 2006 05:12 AM