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Firestone and Liberia

28/02/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Firestone and Liberia

River pollution and labour rights violations on the world's biggest rubber plantation

Rubber is Liberia's most important cash crop, and the Firestone Libera rubber plantation is the country's biggest employer. But the company faces accusations that it pollutes rivers and violates labour rights. US-based Bridgestone Corporation, Firestone Liberia's parent company, denies this. Tamasin Ford investigates the allegations.

(Photo: A Firestone-branded tyre used at an IndyCar Series racing event in Texas in 2020, Credit: Getty Images)

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