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Long-running concerns about the environmental effects of gold-mining in the Peruvian Amazon came to a head last week. Peru’s government declared a 60-day public-health emergency on May 23 in an ...
News Peru » Madre de Dios » Health: Illegal Mining Linked to Environmental, Health Emergency in Peru
The Peruvian government has announced a 60-day state of emergency in the southwestern state of Madre de Dios due to mercury contamination linked to illegal mining, highlighting the environmental ...
News Peru » Madre de Dios » Health: Peru battles the golden curse of Madre de Dios
Attempts to reduce the environmental and health impacts of mining cause unrest. “You go out to these communities that are so incredibly poor, and there is money buried in the dirt,” says Jason ...
News Peru » Madre de Dios » Health: Peru Running Out of Ideas to Stop Illegal Mining in Madre de Dios
Authorities have dismantled about 30 illegal mining camps during the first week of the operation Authorities in Peru launched a large-scale operation aimed at driving out illegal gold mining and other ...