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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Philippines: The bay is … dying and needs help

Every day, the bay gets a big dose of pollution stirred up by gold mining operations, which continuously use mercury right on the spot to collect gold dust trapped in dirt cloth during sluicing process. On a given day, there would be between 20 to 30 miners raking up the sea bottom for gold-laden silt, mudding the water yellowish-brownish, turning off young and old bathers nearby. It is ironic that all this happens behind the town hall, the seat of the Mambulao government
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