Toxic Mess Leads to Tragedy on Ivory Coast

Imagine if toxic waste was dumped on your front lawn, only to leave you helplessly gasping for fresh air to survive? This is the experience that hundreds of people lived, or died, through on the Ivory Coast in Africa.
The article explains how toxic waste was dumped on the Ivory Coast, suspected to be illegally, and harmed many people. It has been reported that eight people have died because of the fumes, although they are still investigating. The hospitals are overflowing with people with complaints of stomache aches, naseau, bloody noses, and welts on the skin and faces.
This is one of the most horrible things I have seen. These people were described in the report to live in the poorest sections, which makes you really think.
How could anyone do such a thing? How could anyone rid of such waste at the expense of a person's life? Whether the person who ordered this to be done or those who did the job are guilty, no one knows at this point. I am just beyond words at the inhumane act of this tragedy.

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