'Dirty tricks' over toxic waste

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

London's High Court will on Wednesday hear allegations of dirty tricks in the biggest class action ever brought before the British courts.

It arises from the dumping of toxic waste three years ago in Ivory Coast's largest city, Abidjan.

In the aftermath, up to 100,000 people fell sick and 16 died.

The waste belonged to a multi-national oil trading company, Trafigura. In the wake of the incident, 30,000 Abidjanis are suing them for damages.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8046830.stm

[briscott]

1. oil

they could have at least passed on the savings to the consumers

[DUlover2909]

2. Really? A multinational corporation hurt people in it's quest for profits?

Say it ain't so! I thought people were basically good at heart.
:sarcasm:

[Optical.Catalyst]

3. I thought the place to dump industrial waste was in Somalia. They must be scared of the 'pirates'

That multi-national oil trading company didn't want their precious cargo of toxic waste being hijacked by the Somali pirates, so they didn't go to East Africa to dump it.

[SpiralHawk]

4. Excellent point

As discussed widely on DU, based on reports, the toxic dumping of corporations and nations was a prime cause of some of the Somali people turning to piracy...

[Grinchie]

5. The reports of drums of low level radioactive waste washing up on beaches is disturbing

But what does one expect when the the only reasone the world is not in the grips of hyperinflation is because all the criminals have mountains of cash stashed away, waiting for the laundry to get done washing it.

[dipsydoodle]

7. This happened back in August 2006

which preceeds the pirates becoming an issue.

[Downwinder]

6. WMD? n/t