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Cote d'Ivoire: French Executives Arrested in Toxic-Waste Scandal
UNIRIN, 19 September 2006
Authorities in Cote d'Ivoire have arrested two senior French officials of a Dutch-based commodities company in connection with a toxic waste scandal that has shaken an already… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Clean-Up of Toxic Waste Begins
UNIRIN, 18 September 2006
International waste removal experts in protective suits and masks have begun cleaning up toxic waste that was dumped in several areas of Abidjan in a scandal that has further… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Toxic Waste Caused 2006 Deaths, Says UN Official
UN News, 16 September 2009
Evidence indicates that the dumping of toxic wastes having caused over one dozen deaths and dozens of illnesses in Côte d'Ivoire in 2006, an independent United Nations human… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Who is to Blame for Dumping Toxic Oil Sludge?
UNIRIN, 1 October 2008
A trial is under way in Abidjan of local officials accused of conniving in the dumping of toxic oil sludge in August 2006 and causing over a dozen deaths, and illnesses to tens of… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Toxic Waste Sites Still Not Cleaned Up
UN News, 8 August 2008
The sites around Côte d'Ivoire's biggest city where hundreds of tons of toxic waste were illegally dumped two years ago have still not been decontaminated and continue to… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Toxic Waste Criminal Investigations May Indict Higher-Ups
UNIRIN, 2 October 2008
Ivorian government lawyers have said they may pursue criminal investigations against the Netherlands-based oil trader Trafigura, which owned the oil waste dumped in open-air sites… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: UN Warns Toxic Waste Still a Threat
UNIRIN, 19 August 2008
Two years after an illegal toxic dumping operation in the Ivorian capital Abidjan created a widespread medical emergency and political scandal, UN contamination expert Okechukwu… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Thousands of Toxic Waste Victims Could Miss Out On Compensation
UNIRIN, 14 September 2007
Thousands of people poisoned by toxic waste illegally dumped in Cote d'Ivoire in August 2006 might receive no part of a US$198-million settlement because they sought treatment in… Read more »