Africa said most at risk to ill-regulated toxics
by Alister Doyle - Environment Correspondent, Reuters
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| A resident looks at a sign that reads, "Swine fever, mad cow, bird flu - today toxic waste; and tomorrow?", during a protest in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan September 6, 2006, against the dumping of toxic waste around the city which doctors said killed a nine-year-old girl and made hundreds ill. Authorities said the pungent waste which contained hydrogen sulphide was unloaded from a Panamanian-registered ship at Abidjan port on August 19 and then dumped in at least eight sites around the city causing residents to complain of nausea, sore chests, vomiting and diarrhoea.© Reuters/Luc Gnago |
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