Environmentalists in Homa Bay oppose dumping of asbestos on Lake Victoria shores as Kenya grapples with the cancer-causing material
In Homa Bay, asbestos is on some buildings at Tom Mboya University, Asumbi Teachers Training College, the county teaching and referral hospital, the nurses’ quarters, Homa Bay High School and some residential houses owned by county and national governments.
How an American oil drilling firm Amoco ‘imported cancer’ to northern Kenya, then left trail of deaths of herdsman in Kargi village
The chemicals can have “catastrophic effects” on the environment and people, said James Njuguna, an engineering professor at Robert Gordon University.
Landmark policy brief and factsheet reveals how e-waste crisis devastates communities in Kenya, Ghana
According to the policy brief, 61 per cent of respondents reported health issues from handling e-waste, with 47.2 per cent reporting respiratory complications and 35.3 per cent reporting skin damage or infections.
