Global Sludge Ends in Tragedy for Ivory Coast
It was his infant sons cries, gasping and insistent, that first woke Salif Oudrawogol one night last month. The smell hit him moments later, wafting into the familys hut, a noxious mélange reminiscent of rotten eggs, garlic and petroleum.
Mr. Oudrawogol went outside to investigate. Beside the familys compound, near his manioc and corn fields, he saw a stinking slick of black sludge.
The smell was so bad we were afraid, Mr. ...
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