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 [...]

[Please note that Dave Zirin is incorrectly identified as an International Labor Rights Forum staff member in this article. Zirin does NOT work at ILRF. He is an independent sports journalist. To read Zirin's article referenced here, please click here.]

The nation’s first major foreign investment, Firestone, has often stood accused of inflicting deadly injury [...]

By Samwar S. Fallah
Residents of about six towns few miles from Harbel, the headquarters of the largest rubber plantations company in Africa, Firestone are struggling with the situation of water pollution as the company discharges the huge wastes produced from the processing of raw rubber for export into nearby creeks used by local residents [...]