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Phyllis Omido's fight for ecology in Kenya
Brut America
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3/25/2025
She managed to have a smelting plant shut down after discovering it was poisoning hundreds of people. Today, Phyllis Omido is a symbol of environment protection in Africa.
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Why did the system fail these people for five years?
00:04
Why did they go through all this injustice?
00:07
Why did we have to lose so many babies?
00:09
It was really really bad. You could not stand the smell. So some of the children were passing out.
00:39
We discovered that the longest a woman would carry their pregnancy would be seven months.
01:05
If they would carry the baby to term, the baby would die at birth.
02:05
When I look at the kids that we started testing, they are all grown up, including my son, who is well now.
02:22
I feel that the struggle for the environment today is evolving.
02:26
I see an awakening, that the environment is a human right.
02:30
An understanding that if you violate it, you violate mankind and our future.
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