On The Colbert Report on November 17th, Stephen Colbert discussed a recent move by business lobbyists in the US to oppose bans on the importation of products made using forced and child labor.  Check out Colbert’s comedic take on the issue here.  Around 4:15 into the video, Colbert mentions Firestone and child labor.

An investigation by the government in Liberia has concluded that the Firestone Rubber Plantation Company has polluted local water sources.
The three-month investigation found that a plant south-east of the capital Monrovia was responsible for high levels of orthophosphate in creeks.
The report called on Firestone to improve its waste treatment facility.
Firestone said it believed it fully [...]

By Mae Azango
One of Liberia’s oldest companies was over the weekend found liable of polluting waters in Kparnyan Town, Margibi County.
The company in question is the Firestone Rubber Plantation Company (FRPC), which was established in 1926, during the regime of Liberia’s 18th President, William V. S. Tubman.
Since the establishment of Firestone in 1926, workers have [...]

Firestone Liberia, one of the world’s largest rubber Plantations has been accused of polluting the water sources of Kpanyan Town. The accusation was contained in the report of an inter agency team that was commissioned by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to investigate thealleged contamination of Ninpu Creek in the Kpanyah Town Community. Making the report [...]

Pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, the US Department of Labor has released a list of 122 goods from 58 countries that are produced by forced labor or child labor.  Included in the list is rubber from Liberia.
To see a PDF of the list, please click here.
For background on the list, [...]