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A scientific report into the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast by oil trading company Trafigura has been released to the public. The report concerns illnesses suffered by thousands of Abidjan locals. It suggests their likely cause was the release of potentially lethal gas after chemicals were dumped. The company insists the report was only a draft. It says it was a list of possible outcomes rather than a study based on the specifics of the case. Trafigura is a privately owned Dutch firm with offices in London, Amsterdam and Geneva. It attempted to stop the British newspaper the Guardian publishing the scientific report with a five-week legal battle. On Friday, it abandoned its injunction after some of the report's contents were leaked on blogs and social networking sites.