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RSS FeedsSouth Sudan ignores reports on oil pollution, birth defects
(WorldNews Health)

 
 

13 february 2020 18:07:35

 
South Sudan ignores reports on oil pollution, birth defects
(WorldNews Health)
 


PALOCH, South Sudan (AP) - The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals, according to four environmental reports obtained by The Associated Press. The reports also describe alarming birth defects, miscarriages and other health problems among residents of the region and soldiers who have been stationed there. Abui Mou Kueth´s infant son, Ping, was born with six fingers on both hands, one stunted leg, a deformed foot and kidney swelling. `I was shocked the first time I saw the baby,` she said, cradling him in her arms. `I am worried about his future.` Advertisement The...


 
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