Msigwa said that environmental impact assessments in big mining sites have been conducted after approving the projects.
“These assessments do not help to control environmental impacts because they do not affect the designing of the projects…the projects like Geita Mine and North Mara have caused great impacts to environment,” Msigwa pointed out.
Msigwa said the official opposition is disappointed by the environmental pollution in Geita Gold Mine and North Mara which has had great health impact on the people around the mining areas.
According to research conducted by Manfred Felician Bitala (2008) and research conducted under the sponsorship of Norwegian University of Life Sciences and University of Dar es Salaam (2009) and Oslo University’s Biology department on Environmental pollution caused by Geita and North Mara mines showed that there were great amounts of poisonous chemicals such as cyanide, mercury and heavy metals in water and soil in residential areas around the mines.
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