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UN: ‘severe risk to health’ from Freetown's rubbish dumps
The United Nations Special Rapporteur for toxic materials, Baskut Tuncak, says there is a ‘severe risk to health’ from Freetown’s refuse.
He has just spent two weeks in the country assessing the situation.
The Â鶹Éç’s Umaru Fofana met him in the capital.
(Photo. Rubbish mountain in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Credit: UN/OHCHR)
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