People in Sierra Leone are suffering daily exposure to toxic waste and the government needs to do more, a United Nations environmental rights expert warned Friday.
According to a statement released by the UN, the environmental expert says more actions are needed by the government to address the problem.
He said the government should speed up the adoption of critical new laws and policies on labour, pesticides and industrial chemicals which had been drafted but had not progressed.The UN Special Rapporteur on environment will present a comprehensive report and recommendations to the UN Human Rights Council on Sierra Leone in September 2018.