Congo: Pollution Takes a Backseat in Congo

Yellow flames from oil rigs light up the night sky, helping Richard Vuadi guides his boat as he sets out to cast his nets along the Democratic Republic of Congo's coast. Oil rigs that dot the horizon have polluted the water, so much that fishermen say they pose health risks. "We have no choice, our families must eat," says Vuadi, a 50-year old fisherman, as he steps out of his dugout canoe in the morning with a bucketful of fish that he caught overnight. He says many of the fish are contaminated.