The Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) had raised concerns on the illegal gold mining activities as the miners use toxic chemicals for gold extraction. They dump the hazardous waste into a creek that flows towards Bacuyangan River in Hinobaan.
Eriberto Madalag, officer-in-charge of PEMO Regulatory Services Division, earlier said the inadequate skills of small-scale miners in utilizing toxic chemicals poses dangers to their health and to the environment.
http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Nation&title=Concerns-cited-in-Negros-mines&id=57800
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