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Roseline Sonayee Konya is a Nigerian academic and a politician from Khana, Rivers State. She is a professor of Toxicology and Pharmacology at the University of Port Harcourt.
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There are several toxins that come from oil exploration activities that devastate the environment.
The fight against oil pollution cannot be won except toxicologists are actively involved, they develop safer chemicals that will control pollution.
How to win pollution battle (2015)
Billions of rural people around the world spend every working day connected to nature and appreciate fully well their dependence on natural water supplies.
Rural dwellers are the first to suffer from threats of ecosystems either by pollution, climate change or over-exploitation.
They are among the first to suffer when ecosystems are threatened whether by pollution, climate change or over-exploitation.
I commend the GOC and his officers for their great efforts so far.
Collaboration with relevant stakeholders, multi-national oil companies and security agencies is key in the fight against Soot in the State.
The chemicals inappropriately disposed into the environment have an irreversible effect and Ogoni communities are disposed to this.
Several harmful chemical go into the environment on exploration. I encourage the toxicologists to be proactive. If we do not do something now, soon our waters may become lifeless.
Ogoni communities were very susceptible to the precarious toxins.
I advice the people of the state and Ogoni to plant more trees in the environment, it helps in redeeming the environment. I also propose a collaboration of the scientists and toxicologists.
Toxicologists are not supposed to come into work when the damage has been done to the environment, rather they should be actively involved to work alongside the oil explorers so that all chemical wastes would be handled appropriately.
The sources of soot are; refineries, fertilizer companies, illegal refineries, setting ablaze of illegally refined petroleum products by the military, tire burning, gas flaring, meat roasting with used tires, asphalt plants refuse to burn among others.
The State Executive Council went ahead and appointed members of the Technical committee for purpose of the implementation of the report of the scientific committee.
The State Government arrived at the decision to set up a technical committee to address the sources of soot. after a detailed consideration of the report of the Scientific Committee.
The current increase of prostate cancer among men as well as cervical cancer in the women were mostly caused by Soot particles due to the bombardment of the atmosphere.
There is lack of sound chemical management in Rivers state, especially Ogoniland. Oil management is taken for granted. As oil creates jobs, so also it has caused pollution by throwing toxic material into the environment.
Nature’s gifts were hard to value in monetary terms. Like clean air, they are often taken for granted at least until they become scarce, such levity had resulted to the environment’s degradation at the detriment of the rural people.