Canadian Mining Company Dumps Toxic Waste into Mexican River

[Judi Lynn]

Canadian Mining Company Dumps Toxic Waste into Mexican River


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A copper mine in Mexico's Sonora state owned by Buenavista, where a toxic acid spill happened in 2014. | Photo: AFP
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While the company has denied the spill is toxic, a state environmental body says the corporation will face fines for contamination.

A Canadian mining company has spilled an estimated 1,200 gallons of toxic waste into a river in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, Mexican media reported Saturday.

The leak into the Cata River in Guanajuato City at the site of Great Panther Silver's mining operations was caused by a rupture of an eight-inch pipe transporting mining tailings, leaking the toxic mud-like mining waste into the river.

Mexico's federal environmental protection body known as Profepa is investigating the spill to assess the extent of water and soil contamination and presence of dangerous substances. Profepa has indicated that it intends to levels fines against Great Panther Silver as a penalty for the contamination.

Great Panther Silver has denied the toxicity of the spill, saying in a statement that the mining tailings do not contain heavy metals, chemicals, or other dangerous substances.

More:
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Canadian-Mining-Company-Dumps-Toxic-Waste-into-Mexican-River-20150620-0012.html

[dbackjon]

1. So they won't mind if all that waste is shipped to Canada

And dumped in their yards. Since it is non-toxic and all.