Africa: Waste Headed for a Third World Bin
                   
allafrica.com     May 13, 2008            

Posted to the web 13 May 2008 Julio Godoy Bremen The Panamanian flagged ship Probo Koala unloaded more than 550 tonnes of toxic waste at Abidjan port in Cote d'Ivoire a month back. The deadly cargo was shipped to Abidjan from Amsterdam, where port authorities rejected the tanker Jul.2 because of... [read full story]                    


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redorbit.com     Aug 27, 2008          

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