Residents are also worried about living with water polluted with cyanide and heavy metals long after Newmont leaves. Despite company promises, residents contend with contaminated water at the Yanacocha mine. Mirtha’s organization, Grufides, posted this video that highlights contamination of streams at the now-closed San Jose pit in Yanacocha – the first of many to be closed in the coming years.
This pollution will last for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Unless Newmont is able to guarantee funding for water treatment for centuries after closure of the mine, its assurances will leave the community to foot the bill – or live with the perpetual pollution.
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