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Phyllis Omido: Kenyan whistleblower who stopped mass poisoning

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She stood up to a dangerous corporation … and won.

After she found out her own breast milk was poisoned from her work at a smelting plant, Phyllis Omido began fighting for change. Despite threats of violence, kidnapping, and worse, she eventually won.

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