Report slams failure to prevent toxic waste dumping in West Africa

Headline Title:  Report slams failure to prevent toxic waste dumping in West Africa 25 September 2012 Amnesty International and Greenpeace call for criminal investigationTrafigura, the multinational company behind the 2006 dumping of toxic waste in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, resulting in over 100,000 people seeking medical assistance, must be criminally investigated in the UK, Amnesty International and Greenpeace Netherlands conclude in a major new report released today. The Toxic Truth is the result of a three-year investigation and provides an in-depth examination of the tragic litany…

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