Ivory Coast: Does smoking fish the traditional way cause cancer?

by Le Magazine de la Diaspora Ivoirienne et des Ami(e)s de la Côte d’Ivoire | 12 avril 2018 16 h 50 min

Smoked fish is a popular food in many of West Africa’s coastal communities.

The traditional smoking process, though, produces substances known to cause cancer.

In Ivory Coast[1], people are now being encouraged to use more modern and healthier methods.

Al Jazeera’s Charlotte Bellis reports.

All article on Al Jazeera[2]

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Endnotes:
  1. Ivory Coast: https://www.aljazeera.com/topics/country/ivory-coast.html
  2. Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/ivory-coast-smoking-fish-traditional-cancer-180412134407926.html
  3. [Image] : https://www.bluehost.com/track/atteby/
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