Question

2. Read this newspaper report and answer the
questions that follow:
A vessel dumped 500 tonnes
of liquid toxic wastes into
open-air dumps in a city and
in the surrounding sea. This
happened in a city called
Abidjan in Ivory Coast, a
country in Africa. The fumes
from the highly toxic waste
caused nausea, skin rashes,
fainting, diarrhoea etc. After a
month seven persons were
dead, twenty in hospital and
twenty six thousand treated
for symptoms of poisoning.
A multinational company
dealing in petroleum and
metals had contracted a local
company of the Ivory Coast to
dispose the toxic waste from
its ship.
(0) Who are the people who benefited
and who did not?
(ii) What should be the developmental
goal for this country?
dovolonmental go

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Answer 1

Answer:

A vessel dumped 500 tonnes of liquid toxic wastes into open-air dumps in a city and in the surrounding sea. This happened in a city called Abidjan in Ivory Coast, a country in Africa. The fumes from the highly toxic waste caused nausea, skin rashes, fainting, diarrhea etc.