Gambian Environmental Activists Take Swift Action Against Chinese Plant Accused of Polluting Their Water
Gambian Environmental Activists Take Swift Action Against Chinese Plant Accused of Polluting Their Water
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Hundreds of Gambians were grateful for the jobs created by a Chinese-run fish processing plant that arrived in 2014. Then they were shocked when dead fish began washing up on a nearby shore.
Residents of the coastal town of Gunjur reported chemical residue on their skin after swimming that made them itch. Environmental activists blamed the Chinese-owned company, Golden Lead Import & Export.
After activists said the company had failed to remove a pipe accused of spewing toxic waste into the sea, local youth issued an ultimatum: Dig the pipe up, or we will. In March they did, storming the beach.
“We’ll be willing to face any charges in defense of our community,” their leader, Amadou Scattred Janneh, told The Associated Press. He is now out on bail facing criminal trespass charges.
Chinese firm takes over Gambian coast in ongoing water pollution crisis - Face2Face Africa
Chinese firm takes over Gambian coast in ongoing water pollution crisis
In early 2017, stories of Golden Lead, a Chinese-owned factory operating in the Gambia trended widely in news reports. The factory had been accused of discharging toxic waste into a water body in the small West African country.
Environmentalists and residents in Gunjur, a small coastal town about 50km from the capital of Banjul, told reporters that hundreds of dead fish had been washing up on the lagoon since Golden Lead set up a fish meal factory in the town in 2016. Moreover, the local stream now had a reddish color and people swimming in it suffered health problems.
So them "slant ii's" been polluting the water and killing the fish. How much ya'll wanna bet the air over there in the Motherland is gonna end up just like it is in China. They'll be wearing breathing masks all over the place.
Gambian Environmental Activists Take Swift Action Against Chinese Plant Accused of Polluting Their Water
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Hundreds of Gambians were grateful for the jobs created by a Chinese-run fish processing plant that arrived in 2014. Then they were shocked when dead fish began washing up on a nearby shore.
Residents of the coastal town of Gunjur reported chemical residue on their skin after swimming that made them itch. Environmental activists blamed the Chinese-owned company, Golden Lead Import & Export.
After activists said the company had failed to remove a pipe accused of spewing toxic waste into the sea, local youth issued an ultimatum: Dig the pipe up, or we will. In March they did, storming the beach.
“We’ll be willing to face any charges in defense of our community,” their leader, Amadou Scattred Janneh, told The Associated Press. He is now out on bail facing criminal trespass charges.
Chinese firm takes over Gambian coast in ongoing water pollution crisis - Face2Face Africa
Chinese firm takes over Gambian coast in ongoing water pollution crisis
In early 2017, stories of Golden Lead, a Chinese-owned factory operating in the Gambia trended widely in news reports. The factory had been accused of discharging toxic waste into a water body in the small West African country.
Environmentalists and residents in Gunjur, a small coastal town about 50km from the capital of Banjul, told reporters that hundreds of dead fish had been washing up on the lagoon since Golden Lead set up a fish meal factory in the town in 2016. Moreover, the local stream now had a reddish color and people swimming in it suffered health problems.
So them "slant ii's" been polluting the water and killing the fish. How much ya'll wanna bet the air over there in the Motherland is gonna end up just like it is in China. They'll be wearing breathing masks all over the place.
I was in the barber shop yesterday and some Africans mentioned this.