Chairman and Chief Software architect of Microsoft Bill Gates and his wife Melinda stand beneath an umbrella after he received an honorary knighthood at Buckingham Palace in London.. (Adrian Dennis / AFP/Getty Images)
IN EBOCHA, NIGERIA: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invests in the oil plant in the background, which doctors say harms babies like Justice Eta, whose immunizations were funded by the foundation. (Edmund Sanders / LAT)
MAJOR POLLUTERS: Thousands of tons of putrid chemicals are pumped into the air each year by this Mondi paper mill and a nearby Sapref oil refinery, which sit among homes near Isipingo, South Africa. Studies have found extraordinarily high carcinogen emission levels and childhood asthma rates. (Jeffrey Barbee / For the Times)
IN SOUTH AFRICA: Thembeka Dube is taking part in a Gates Foundation-funded study to test a vaginal gel for protection against HIV. The foundation has made much more money from its investments in area polluters than it has given to the study. (Jeffrey Barbee / For the Times)
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NEARBY: Renee Smiths baby Kyrone was rushed to the hospital with failing lungs. Some blame nearby oil refineries. (Jeffrey Barbee / For the Times)
