Nigeria: Azare's Pyramids of Garbage

7 December 2012

Any society that disposes pile of waste in unsanitary sites it is stepping into a very detrimental stage that can lead to a drastic health and environmental problems.

Food wastes, carcasses, excrements and other rotten things produces a terrible and unpleasant smell which can lead to diseases outbreaks and even epidemic if not properly disposed. It can cause skin diseases, eye problems, diarrhoea, typhoid, cholera and other similar killer diseases. A heap of rubbish left at a dump also causes environmental pollution such as contamination of air we breathes and the water we drinks.

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