LONDON (AP) — Oil-trading company Trafigura said Sunday it has agreed to a settlement with people who claim they fell ill after a tanker dumped hundreds of tons of waste around the Ivory Coast’s main city of Abidjan. A spokeswoman said the company will pay 950 pounds ($1,546) per person but denied that the toxic waste has caused serious harm.
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Oil company agrees to Ivory Coast waste settlement
September 19, 2009
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