Tyre firm in Liberia pollution scandal

  • 12 years ago
Tyre company Firestone is at the centre of a pollution scandal in Liberia.

The firm has been accused of contaminating the water in the town where it runs a rubber plantation.

It has been blamed for causing ailments ranging from skin diseases to birth defects.

Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege report from the town of Kpanyarh in Liberia.

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