The Provincial Environment Management Office and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau are alarmed by small scale mining operations at the boundary of Sipalay City and Hinobaan, Negros Occidental, using hazardous and toxic chemicals for gold extraction, Eriberto Madalag, PEMO Regulatory Services Division officer-in-charge, said yesterday.
Worse, the toxic waste is being dumped into a creek, which connects to the Bacuyangan River of Hinobaan, Madalag said at a meeting here of members of the Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center.
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