Mexican Gov’t Calls Toxic Spill Country’s Worst Mining Disaster

[Kali]

http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/mexican-govt-calls-toxic-spill-countrys-worst-mining-disaster/30962/

A toxic spill at a copper mine operated by a Grupo Mexico unit in the northwestern state of Sonora is the Mexican mining sector’s worst environmental disaster in recent history, the government said.

The mine operated by Buenavista del Cobre spilled a total of 40,000 cubic meters of copper sulfate acid into the Tinajas stream in the town of Cananea on Aug. 6.

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The contaminants found in those waters include copper, arsenic, aluminum, cadmium, chromium, iron, manganese and lead.

On Aug. 18, the Profepa environmental protection agency filed a criminal complaint against Buenavista del Cobre and another Grupo Mexico unit, Minera Mexico, for their alleged role in the spill.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Unbelievable destruction they've handed the people, animals, environment, food supply.

The penalty the government is charging the world's fourth largest copper producer is an insult to all living thing in Mexico, the ones who haven't been poisoned, yet, and a posthumous insult to those already murdered through the pure greed of Grupo Mexico.

[AZCat]

2. I'm pretty shocked it's as puny of a fine as it is.

I've heard 40 million pesos is going to be the amount of the fine, plus whatever Grupo Mexico expends during their cleanup (whatever shape that takes).

[Judi Lynn]

3. Good luck to Mexico in trying to get them to clean up their own disaster! n/t