When It Rains, It Sours

When it rains, tailing ponds above Lima to contaminate drinking water 1

Peru's government warned this week that when the rainy season arrives, tailing ponds housing tons of mining waste will likely be destabilized and pour contaminated waste into a nearby river that's a main source of drinking water for the country's capital.

source: Reuters

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  1. Wolverine Posted 2:00 am
    02 Nov 2008

    What Government?This is a perfect example of a government that's a wholly owned subsidiary of industry.  Obviously, the tailing ponds should never have been allowed to be built to begin with, probably along with the mines.  Now, when it is absolutely useless to do so, the government gives people this meaningless "warning"?  Great.

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