Philippines: Irresponsible Mining Behind Palawan River Contamination — Environmental Activist Groups

Philippines: Irresponsible Mining Behind Palawan River Contamination — Environmental Activist Groups   Nickel mining operations in Palawan Island have already contaminated a nearby river system with unsafe levels of carcinogenic or cancer- causing chemicals, Filipino and Japanese environmental groups today revealed.   At a press conference earlier this morning in Quezon City, environmental activists from Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE-Japan) and the Kalikasan People's Network for the...

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