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Friday, August 8, 2014

Rivers Too Polluted for Drinking in Indonesia

Junaidi did not deny that the conversion of land to oil palm, and subsequent runoff from fertilizers and pesticides may be partially responsible. However, he did single out illegal mines as major polluters.
“The river contamination is also a result of illegal gold mining,” he stated, “Quite a few miners use dangerous chemicals such as mercury for mining.”
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/853191-rivers-too-polluted-for-drinking-in-indonesia/

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