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NIGERIA: Painkiller leaves 84 children dead

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Health authorities in Nigeria announced on 4 February that 84 children have died and a further 27 have fallen ill since November as a result of...

Nigeria buys baby poison antidote

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7763142.stm

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Nigerian medical authorities are flying in 100 doses of an antidote to try and stem the deaths of babies poisoned by a contaminated teething...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Toxic waste criminal investigations may indict higher-ups

Thursday, October 02, 2008

Ivorian government lawyers have said they may pursue criminal investigations against the Netherlands-based oil trader Trafigura, which owned the oil...

COTE D'IVOIRE: UN warns toxic waste still a threat

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Two years after an illegal toxic dumping operation in the Ivorian capital Abidjan created a widespread medical emergency and political scandal, UN...

European, American and Japanese electronic waste poisoning the environment in Ghana

Sunday, August 10, 2008

A Greenpeace analysis of soil and sediment taken from two electronic waste (e-waste) scrap yards in Ghana has revealed severe contamination with...

SENEGAL: Deadly lead recycling industry cripples Dakar neighbourhood

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

In the Dakar suburb of Thiaroye/Mer earlier this year 22 children died from lead poisoning over a three month period and in June a further 31...

SENEGAL: Toxic Vegetables for sale

IRIN

Monday, March 03, 2008

In his two-hectare garden in Kounoune village, 40 km east of Dakar, farmer Babacar Wade, 38, grows lettuce, cabbage, parsley, aubergine, peppers, and...