Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Metalor-s-Gold-Mine-in-Peru-27MZIFJ8UN8JB.htmlConceptually similarMetalor's Gold Mine in PeruGP0STTRO5Completed★★★★Metalor's Gold Mine in PeruGP0STTRO7Completed★★★★Metalor's Gold Mine in PeruGP0STTRO8Completed★★★★Metalor's Gold Mine in PeruGP0STTRO6Completed★★★★★★Metalor's Gold Mine in PeruGP0STTRSGCompleted★★★★★★Mercury Pollution in GuyanaGP08RNCompleted★★★★Mercury Pollution in GuyanaGP0W0GCompleted★★★★Mercury Pollution in GuyanaGP0Q2RCompleted★★★★Mercury Pollution in GuyanaGP012S6Completed★★★★View AllGP0STTRO4Metalor's Gold Mine in PeruWater sampling at the mining town of La Rinconada in Peru, where thousands of miners dig for gold under the most adverse conditions. Here people work under slave-like conditions, and trafficking in human beings is commonplace. Soils and water are highly contaminated by mercury, as laboratory analyzes show.The Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV), Doctors for Environmental Protection (AefU) and Greenpeace took extensive soil, sediment and water samples and had them examined for harmful substances. The results are frightening: Most samples are i.a. contaminated with highly toxic mercury, partly with concentrations that exceed the health-safe WHO limit many times over.After years of protests, Metalor announced in April 2019 that it would not buy gold from "La Rinconada" and generally sensitive mining. If the Corporate Responsibility initiative were in place, Metalor would have failed to address the serious human rights issues and environmental pollution at its horror mine "La Rinconada" from the start.In original language:Metalors GoldmineDe Minen-Stadt «La Rinconada» in Peru, wo tausende Kleinschürfer unter widrigsten Bedingungen nach Gold graben. Die Menschen arbeiten hier unter sklavenähnlichen Bedingungen, Menschenhandel ist an der Tagesordnung. Böden und Gewässer sind hochgradig durch Quecksilber verseucht, wie Laboranalysien zeigen.Die Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker (GfbV), Ärzte für Umweltschutz (AefU) und Greenpeace haben im selben Jahr umfassende Boden-, Sediment- und Gewässerproben genommen und auf Schadstoffe untersuchen lassen. Die Resultate sind erschreckend: Die meisten Proben sind u.a. mit hochgiftigem Quecksilber belastet, teils mit Konzentrationen die den gesundheitlich unbedenklichen WHO-Grenzwert um ein Vielfaches überschreiten.Locations:La Rinconada, Peru-Peru-South AmericaDate:7 Oct, 2018Credit:© Jhunior Flores Contreras / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3264px X 2448pxKeywords:Day-Gold mining-Groundwater contamination-Human rights-KWCI (GPI)-Mercury (Metal)-Mines-Mining-One person-Outdoors-Sampling (activity)-Testing-Toxics (campaign title)-Water-Water pollutionShoot:Metalor Metalor's Gold Mine in PeruThe mining town of La Rinconada in Peru, where thousands of miners dig for gold under the most adverse conditions. Here people work under slave-like conditions, and trafficking in human beings is commonplace. Soils and water are highly contaminated by mercury, as laboratory analyzes show.The Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV), Doctors for Environmental Protection (AefU) and Greenpeace took extensive soil, sediment and water samples and had them examined for harmful substances. The results are frightening: Most samples are i.a. contaminated with highly toxic mercury, partly with concentrations that exceed the health-safe WHO limit many times over.After years of protests, Metalor announced in April 2019 that it would not buy gold from "La Rinconada" and generally sensitive mining. If the Corporate Responsibility initiative were in place, Metalor would have failed to address the serious human rights issues and environmental pollution at its horror mine "La Rinconada" from the start.Related Collections:Metalor's Gold Mine in Peru (All Photographers)
