Churches repudiate ‘Doctrine of Discovery’

The effects of mineral mining include the contamination of Wayana food and water by mercury, cyanide and other lethal pollutants; land seizure; militarization and the forced removal of Wayana people to urban slums.
On the Yakama reservation in central Washington, where Augustine lives with her husband and young son, concentrated cattle feeding operations dump large amounts of animal waste, contaminating ground water that local families depend on. As environmental regulations are strengthened in other parts of the state, corporate producers seek less regulated areas to dispose of waste, arguing that the low population density justifies this practice.
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