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Illegal Mining Costs Colombia 13 Billion Liters of Water a Year [1]

BOGOTA – The Colombian national ombudsman’s office said that even as the Andean nation suffers a drought, illegal mining activity annually contaminates 13 billion liters (3.4 billion gallons) of wa

Publication Date: 
10/02/2016
Latin America Herald Tribune [2]
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Mining [3], Illegal Trade [4], Colombia [5], Water Resources [6], Water Pollution [7], Mercury [8], Ecology [9], Deforestation [10]

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