More Mine Waste Spills in Mexico: Where’s the Oversight?

Almost 11,000 tons of mine pollution flowed into a nearby stream from the Two Gentleman's gold and silver mine in the town of Concordia.

Officials from Propefa, the environmental investigation agency, are currently examining the composition of the spill and its potential impacts. Meanwhile, state officials urged area residents to refrain from swimming or eating fish from the nearby river. The National Human Rights commission has launched its own investigation to determine whether human rights have been violated due to the spill.

Mining companies often tout their tailings dams and containment structures to be fail proof, but just this year we have seen several river spills from defects in tailings pondsfrom rainfall
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