Episode 2: Niger Delta Oil Pollution

After six decades, oil exploration has made the Niger Delta of of the most polluted places on earth. Damages have been done to farmland, forests, mangroves, and the economy.

Episode Source Material

Niger decries slow cleanups, decades after oil spills by Ekpali Saint

A critical review of oil spills in the Niger Delta aquatic environment: causes, impacts, and bioremediation assessment by Ikhumetse AA, Abioye OP, Ijah UJJ and Bankole MT

Nigerian Oil and the Disappearing Money by Sarah Gathmann

In the Niger Delta, decades of environmental disaster, by Femi Oke

Niger Delta negligence by Amnesty International

Niger oil spills bring poverty, low crop yields to farmers by Arinze Chijoke

‘This place used to be green’: the brutal impact of oil in the Niger Delta by Rebecca Ratcliffe

Niger Delta Oil Spills: Shell Ruled Responsible in Landmark Verdict by David Vetter

The human health implications of crude oil spills in the Niger Delta, Nigeria: An interpretation of published studies by Best Ordinioha and Seiyefa Brisibe

Evaluation of the Impacts of Oil Spill Disaster on Communities and Its Influence on Restiveness in Niger Delta, Nigeria by Oshienemen Albert, Dilanthi Amaratunga, and Richard P. Haigh

Nigeria’s agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it by John Vidal

Oil Spillage and Heavy Metals Toxicity Risk in the Niger Delta, Nigeria by Enegide Chinedu and Chukwuma Kelechukwu Chukwuemeka

Analysis of oil pipeline failures in the oil and gas industries in the Niger delta area of Nigeria by Achebe, Nneke, and Anisiji

Oil pollution and agricultural productivity in the Niger Delta of Nigeria by Joseph Akpokodje Sheu Salau

Effects of oil spills on fish production in the Niger Delta by Osuagwu, Eze and Olaifa, Eseoghene

Double standard Shell practices in Nigeria compared with international standards to prevent and control pipeline oil spills and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill by Richard Steiner

Gas flaring in Nigeria: a human rights, environmental and economic monstrosity by Asume Osuaka and Peter Roderick

An assessment of high-risk sexual behaviour and HIV transmission among migrant oil workers in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria by CA Nwauche and CI Akani

Harnessing plants and microbes to tackle environmental pollution by Gege Li

Social valuation of mangroves in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria by Godstime K. James, Jimmy O. Adegoke, Sylvester Osagie, Saba Ekechukwu, Peter Nwilo and Joseph Akinyede

Gas Flaring in the Niger Delta Harming Health, Climate and Environment by Justice Nwafor

The Nigerian woman cleaning up a land soaked in oil by Georgina Rannard