THIS IS NAUSEATING.

Oct 04, 2006 22:31

"Six-month-old Salam Oudrawogol of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, has been covered with sores since he was exposed to toxic waste in August."

"Africa has long been a dumping ground for all sorts of things the developed world has no use for. 'This is the underbelly of globalization,' said Jim Puckett, an activist at the Basel Action Network, an environmental group that fights toxic waste dumping. 'Environmental regulations in the north have made disposing of waste expensive, so corporations look south.'"

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/02/world/africa/02ivory.html

HOW DO YOU EVEN RESPOND TO THIS? WHO DO YOU WRITE TO TO COMPLAIN???
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