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More Mine Waste Spills in Mexico: Where’s the Oversight?
By Shreema Mehta
November 6, 2014
A few weeks ago, yet another mine spilled toxic waste into rivers in Mexico, this time in the northern state of Sinaloa – the third reported mine waste spill since August.
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Mine Waste Pollutes More Rivers in Mexico
By Shreema Mehta
August 27, 2014
Mexico has been hit hard these past few weeks with two separate mine waste spills. One was a toxic mine spill that occurred two weeks ago in the state of Sonora, which I blogged about previously. Here, 10 million gallons of sulfuric acid spilled from the Buenavista copper mine, contaminating two rivers and leaving thousands of people without access to water. Reports also found fish kills and cattle who drank the water dead. Just a week after, a tailings spill contaminated a river in Durango.
Tagged with: water pollution, tailings, mexico
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