Tyre firm in pollution scandal
Firestone blamed for ailments ranging from skin diseases to birth defects in Liberia.
Published On 5 May 2010
Tyre company Firestone is at the centre of a pollution scandal in Liberia.
The firm has been accused of contaminating the water in the town where it runs a rubber plantation.
It has been blamed for causing ailments ranging from skin diseases to birth defects.
Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege report from the town of Kpanyarh in Liberia.
Source: Al Jazeera