The cable from the Accra Embassy highlights Newmont’s understated response to the initial spill. Newmont had initially insisted that no contamination had spread from the spill site. However, the breadth of the contamination was grossly underestimated. Cyanide was found in local water sources where families washed, and hundreds of fish were found dead, floating in contaminated water.
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