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Tanneries closed over pollution row

19/03/2008

Two tanning firms in the Ugandan district of Jinja have been ordered to close because of pollution. Leather Industries of Uganda and Skyfat Tannery are accused of releasing toxic gases and untreated effluent into Lake Victoria.Nema The executive director of the National Environmental Management Agency, Henry Aryamanya-Mugisha, wrote to the...

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