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Monday, January 16, 2012

Niger

I have been surfing on the Internet and I have found something really disgusting. Niger is a country in Africa where companies as SHELL are spilling toxic wastes as oil and other chemicals.
The delta of Niger river is already polluted in quantities that we can consider extremely dangerous. There are places where plants cannot grow anymore and animals and humans are affected. Life expectancy has been reduce in around 30 years. Cases of cancer have increased and children born with deformities.
Here you can find a link where you can check an oil spot spilled by Shell. Of course Shell say that they are not the responsible of this and they refuse to clean the zone.
Shell oil spot
Experts say that this area would take around 25 to 30 years to be cleaned and the initial cost would be 1 million USD.
Just judge yourself.



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