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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Photo: Toxic Dumping in Africa Elicits Calls for Better Controls


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A Dutch cleanup team sprays water to liquefy polluted soil in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Tons of poisonous chemical sludge were dumped at various sites around the port city in August, leading to at least ten deaths and renewed calls from environmentalists for tighter controls over international waste shipments.

Photograph by Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images