As heavy rain continues to fall in the Solomon Islands following Tropical Cyclone Raquel last week, fears the Gold Ridge mine's toxic tailings dam will overflow are starting to intensify.
The local government declared the area a disaster zone, but experts fear hardly enough precautions are being taken to prevent looming disaster to surrounding communities.The Gold Ridge tailings dam contains millions of tonnes of hazardous chemicals like cyanide and arsenic, and was purportedly not designed to accommodate overstrain.
An overflow would heavily contaminate the water supplies for the many people living downstream from the site whose livelihood depends on the same water supply..
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-13/toxic-solomon-islands-mine-tailings-dam-on-brink-of-overflow/6616002
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