 The scope of the dumping and the related illnesses were slow to emerge.While the first cargo was offloaded in August 2006, the dumping continued for almost three weeks before the population knew what was happening.But as early as 19 August, residents near the landfill at knew that trucks were dumping toxic liquid into the landfill and blocked the entrance of one of the trucks to the dump, which had been freshly painted with the logo of a newly created company.