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Article

4 Mar 2005

Auteur:
Jonathan Clayton, Times [UK]

Somalia's secret dumps of toxic waste washed ashore by tsunami

The huge waves which battered northern Somalia after the tsunami in December are believed to have stirred up tonnes of nuclear and toxic waste illegally dumped in the war-racked country during the early 1990s...Somali sources close to the trade say that the dumped materials included radioactive uranium, lead, cadmium, mercury and industrial, hospital, chemical and various other toxic wastes. [refers to Achair Partners, Progresso]