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Heavy-Metal Pollution Causes Mass Fish Deaths in Nigeria

Local Economy And Oil Pollution In The Niger Delta — Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg

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By Dulue Mbachu

May 15, 2020 at 11:30 AM UTC

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Nigeria’s oil-spill response agency said thousands of dead fish that recently washed up on its Atlantic shores were probably killed by pollution from heavy metals.