Nigeria: Cancer causing black soot assail Port Harcourt, residents panic

11 February 2017, Sweetcrude, Port Harcourt — THE residents of Port Harcourt in oil-rich River state, South-south Nigeria are currently experiencing a new wave of environmental pollution following the invasion of their city by cancer-causing soot. Soot is a cancer-causing particle in the atmosphere linked to oil exploration and gas flaring in the Niger Delta […] More »