Tyre firm in pollution scandal
Firestone blamed for ailments ranging from skin diseases to birth defects in Liberia.
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
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