Peru News » Pasco News Peru » Pasco » Health: Peru’s Cerro de Pasco villagers haul a mining giant into court, demanding someone clean up a century-old mess
News channel or source: https://www.ecoticias.com/en/perus-cerro-de-pasco-villagers-haul-a-mining-giant-into-court-demanding-someone-clean-up-a-century-old-mess/33832/
Published on: Sunday 28 June 2026
A new lawsuit in Peru is putting one of the Andes’ most troubling mining conflicts back in court. The municipality of Cerro de Pasco says decades of extraction have left nearby residents exposed to ...
News Peru » Pasco » Health: Cerro de Pasco: The massive mine poisoning an entire city in Peru
News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/video/2023/11/cerro-de-pasco-the-massive-mine-poisoning-an-entire-city-in-peru/
Published on: Saturday 11 November 2023
Cerro de Pasco, a city in Peru, has a mining history that dates back almost 400 years to the early Spanish colonial era. In recent decades, the extensive extraction of metals like lead, zinc, and ...