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To: abuelita who wrote (55340)9/22/2009 3:54:49 PM
From: energyplay  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218012
 
The mine is 70 km from the town, that's 40 miles.

Carefully reading the article, note that the mine contributes about 100 million $CDN in revenue to Argentinian and provincial governments.

For a mine of this large size, it has appears to have a pretty good record. Large mines have negative effects, these need to be paid for and or mitigated. It could be that this operation could reasonably do more.

I think most people would rather deal with the mine that any Argentine government of the last 20 years...

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Mining can get much nastier than this.



To: abuelita who wrote (55340)9/22/2009 8:22:22 PM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218012
 
The uglier side of past mining in the USA...

EPA Throws Up Hands As Mercury Puts 100,000 People At Risk In California
huffingtonpost.com

Photos
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