On top of the lack of proper protective gears for their mine workers, the unregulated mining activities of small-scale operations have taken its toll in the environment.
With the improper tailings dam for water treatment, small-scale miners simply dispose their cyanide-contaminated wastewater to the arterial rivers near the mine site.
Former village chief Bienvenido Zamora of Barangay Guinoman, an area below the Balabag mine site, said there were already countless incidents where their farm animals die while drinking waters in the river.
"We believe that the contaminated waters of the river kill them. We know that something is wrong since no fish could ever be found in our rivers today," he added.
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