Djibouti: Pesticide leak causing environmental problem

Shipping containers packed with a toxic chemical are leaking in the port of Djibouti, and the pollution could spread, a U.N. food agency said Tuesday. The chemical — chromated copper arsenate, which is used as a wood preservative — was shipped from Britain for delivery to the Ethiopian Power Corporation, according to the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization. The pesticide is carcinogenic and dangerous to the environment.