The continent has long received more than its fair share of the world’s toxic waste, endangering the health of people who are exposed to it
The dumping of radioactive waste can almost be excused because legislation was virtually nonexistent at the time. But the crime is still committed.
Children as young as eight face toxic gas, mercury poisoning and death in Tanzania’s illegal mines.
Despite efforts to contain toxic mine dust, it’s still getting up the noses of Jo’burg residents. Mandi Smallhorne reports.
Waste from industrial dumps and other toxic sites affects the health of an estimated 125-million people in 49 low- and middle-income countries.
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In its responding affidavit ICT cites former contractor’s claims of serious environmental transgressions by Kumba.
The oil trader, Trafigura, has been fined €1-million (R9,55-million) for illegally exporting tonnes of hazardous waste to West Africa.
Toxic waste disposer Thermopower now faces investigations by the Green Scorpions, on top of a pending criminal prosecution.
Kenya’s huge and squalid slums don’t have much of anything, except mountains of trash that fill rivers and muddy streets, breeding disease.
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/ 23 October 2008
A Côte d’Ivoire court on Wednesday handed down jail terms of 20 years and five years to two people for dumping of toxic waste in 2006.