Zimbabwe: Most water bodies polluted: EMA

EMA Director General, Mutsa Chasi told the committee that most of the country’s water bodies and land have been contaminated by chemicals such as mercury and cyanide used in illegal mining activities.

Citing alluvial chrome and gold miners as the chief culprits, the authority told legislators in the National Assembly that while there are over 20 large scale decommissioned mines in the country which pose a serious threat to people, animals, water, vegetation and the environment, only four mines have been rehabilitated at a cost of over US$32 million.
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