2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump along roads in populated areas. The substance gave off toxic gas and resulted in burns to lungs and skin, as well as severe headaches and vomiting. Seventeen people were confirmed to have died, and at least 30,000 injured. The company claimed that the waste was dirty water ("slops") used for cleaning the ship's gasoline tanks, but a Dutch government report, as well as an Ivorian investigation, disputed this, finding that it was toxic waste. During an ongoing civil lawsuit by over 30,000 Ivorian citizens against Trafigura, a Dutch government report concluded that in fact the liquid dumped contained two 'British
2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump from 2 to 2006. There the ship attempted to have the waste processed in Amsterdam, but "Amsterdam Port Services BV", the company that had contracted to treat the waste, refused after its staff reported an incredible smell coming from the waste, which sickened several workers. A company specializing in the disposal of chemical waste, Afvalstoffen Terminal Moerdijk in nearby Moerdijk, tendered for the disposal of the waste (based on the samples it received) for €500,000. Instead, the material was pumped back into the "Probo Koala", which then left port on , appearing on in Côte d'Ivoire where Compagnie Tommy, which