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Report

30 Jan 2018

Author:
Amnesty International

Environmental audit of the sites affected by the dumping of toxic wastes from the “Probo Koala”

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The main objective of this environmental audit, based on the request of Government of Côte d’Ivoire, as to undertake an independent and scientific environmental audit of the sites that were impacted by the dumping of toxic wastes from the Probo Koala, in order to verify if these continued to pose any environmental or public health risks...The results of the laboratory analysis that was undertaken on the 130 samples of soil, water, air, sediment, molluscs, fruit and vegetables that were collected by UN Environment, which are presented in Chapters 3 and 4 of this report, clearly indicate the following for the different types of sites affected by the dumping of toxic wastes from the Probo Koala: None of the sites where wastes from the Probo Koala were actually dumped show contamination exceeding the limits set by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire for remediation. As a result, none of these sites require additional intervention, even when gauged against Dutch intervention values, which are among the most commonly used guidelines for contaminated site management and remediation worldwide...Based on the conclusions above, the following specific recommendations can be made to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire: Remediation of the Agboville maize composting site: As two rounds of sampling have indicated that the site has elevated levels of chromium and that chromium is leaching into the drainage collection system, this site should be closely monitored. Access to the site should continue to be restricted, and sign boards should be put up warning people not to enter or harvest grass or vegetables from the site. Leachate from this site should be appropriately disposed of in a dedicated facility following comprehensive chemical analyses...Due diligence needed for decommissioning of Akouédo municipal waste disposal site:

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