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A poison so toxic it is still ravaging a village six years later

By Benard Sanga | 5yrs ago

In early 2007, Alfred Ogola Mulo (pictured) was tasked with stopping protests against a lead-acid battery recycling factory at Owino-Uhuru in Mombasa.

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