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NIGERIA-OIL-SPILL-ENVIRONMENT-US
An aged woman sits waiting to sell the fresh fish she bought dozens of kilometres away from Bodo Town, in the famous Nigerian oil-producing Ogoniland, which hosts the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Nigeria's Rivers State on June 24, 2010. The region has in recent years experienced an average 300 spills a year, roughly one spill a day, from terminals, pipes and platforms, according to government officials and experts. Life expectancy has plunged to between 40 and 45 years in the Niger Delta compared to 10 years higher in the rest of the country, experts say. "We could say that potentially a lot of Ogonis are impacted by the contamination," said Michael Cowing, project co-ordinator with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) which is carrying out a scientific study of the extent of the oil pollution in the area. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
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Bodo, NIGERIA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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PIUS UTOMI EKPEI |
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1 Iulie 2010 |
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3717 x 2784 (1.14 MB) |
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