Rio Huaypetue gold mine

Peru / Puno / Macusani /
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Deforestation and river contamination from the huge Huaypetue River gold mine.
rainforests.mongabay.com/0808.htm
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Coordinates:   13°0'30"S   70°32'0"W

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  • it seems to be a flood
  • This is the Huaypetue gold mine in Peru. Here you can find... Mercury contamination, child workers as young as 12, slave-like working conditions, toxic runoff in the river for hundreds of kilometers downstream, destruction of the rainforest, corruption... Photos: http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0808.htm Article about child labor in Huaypetue: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4DF1431F935A1575BC0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all (NYTimes: Youths Trampled in Peru's Gold Rush) More information: http://www.parkswatch.org/parkprofile.php?l=eng&country=per&park=amcr&page=thr
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