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EU toxic trail under scrutiny after African catastrophe

The arrival of a European ship containing mysterious yet lethal cargo has caused mass illness and death in the West-African country of the Ivory Coast, and put Europe's toxic waste trail under scrutiny.

"It is shocking that toxic waste from Europe reached the Ivory Coast causing so much human suffering and damage to the environment," environment commissioner Stavros Dimas said on Thursday (29 September), announcing that the EU would participate in a recently launched Estonian investigat...

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Where can a European toxic tanker dock nowadays? (Photo: EUobserver)

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