Apparently, Marcopper was for 16 years, dumping its toxic wastes into the shallow bay of Calancan, filling it with 200 million tons of toxic tailings. When exposed to the ocean breezes, sometimes the tailings become airborne and landed on the rice fields, in open wells, and on village homes. The locals called this their “snow from Canada”.
I was shocked when that tragedy happened and the Canadian company running it just abandoned their responsibility to clean up their mess. Yet, Placer Dome was no fly-by-night company. It was the sixth largest gold mining company in the world and was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. These so-called “responsible miners” today do not even have the size and stature of Placer Dome, how can they be any better?
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