Cote d’Ivoire: Protecting the environment and people’s right to health against actions by corporates

By Amnesty International

On 19 August 2006, the Probo Koala, a cargo ship chartered by the British oil trading company Trafigura, docked at the port of Abdijan with 528 cubic meters of highly toxic waste, with the authorization of Cote d’Ivoire. The chemical waste was then dumped at several sites of the city and its suburbs. Air pollution ensued as a […] The post Cote d’Ivoire: Protecting the environment and people’s right to health against actions by corporates appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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