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Pollution in Liberia In Monovia, Liberia, the Firestone Rubber Plantation Company were polluting nearby creeks. This was discovered by the government of Liberia, it took an three month investigation to conclude that the Firestone Company was polluting local water sources in Liberia. According to Jonathan Paye-Layleh from BBC, the villagers in the town of Kpanyah complained that they had developed skin rashes from the creeks that were affected from the pollution. The water in the creek was confirmed by the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, who collected water samples from the polluted creek and tested them, that it contained high levels of orthophosphate.

The Sources: NY Times: [] BBC News: []

My Opinion: I thought that the article from BBC was better because it went into more detail and gave more information. The NY Times article just gave a a brief summary of all the main and important points, the BBC News article went into more detail and even included a picture of a polluted tree and a Liberian tying a rope to the tree.

Some similarities I found was that both these articles mentioned that the investigation of the creek water took three months and that the contaminated water contained high levels of orthophosphate. Both articles listed the location of the polluted area. Also, both titles of the articles contains the subject of the article itself. they both contained the word Liberia and Pollution. Both articles had quoted from the manegment of Firestone. For BBC News they said: "Firestone said that phosphate was also not harmful to human health but that it would work to address any elevated levels", while the NY Times said: "Thursday that Firestone will continue to work with the country's [|Environmental Protection Agency] to address the recommendations in the government's report "

Some differences I found was that the titles were different for these articles. The title of the article for NY Times was: Liberian Study Finds US Rubber Company Polluting. The title of the article for BBC News was: Firestone in Liberia 'pollution'. The BBC News article gave more detail and information. The BBC article said the location of the company (a plant south-east of the capital Monrovia), while NY Times gave no location. Also the BBC News article was twice as long as the NY Times article. the BBC article also included a picture showing a tree that got polluted, while the NY Times article had no picture at all.