ERBOL reports: Mining pollutes water They detect lead in the blood of some children in Tupiza They detected the presence of lead in some children, in District 3, in the municipality of Tupiza, the Department of Potosi, which is of concern to several families, said Norma Moreno, Member of the Comite Octubre Azul [October Blue…
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Potosi, again is given a chance to fight pollution!!
Potosi has been created along with mining. Back when I was working for an international development organization, I had a peculiar disappointment. To make the story short, we proved those mining mills they were throwing to the river around $20K in bad mix of minerals, excessive use of chemicals to do the milling job and…
What to do with all the polluting plastic bags in Bolivia?
A very important article that should make us rethink about our habits and to be more protective of our environment. Alexander Terrazas reports for El Dia: The bags that invade us Impact. Every day, we use 1.3 million plastic bags in Bolivia, according to a study by Lidema. 65% of the national population still uses…
Titicaca lake needs more protection to stop pollution!
This is an interesting but sad article, unless we do something, damage could be irreversible! Urban Growth Contaminating Lake Titicaca Nate Berg Jan 12, 2012 Reuters One of the largest and most famous lakes in South America is facing a gradual threat from its shores. Urban growth and increasing populations in the areas around Lake…
Beautiful Titicaca lake and pollution
El Deber reports on an Erbol news regarding pollution in lake Titicaca: The “small” lake, also called Wiñaymarka, in Titicaca [please visualize the size of the whole and you will notice a larger and a smaller part of it.] It is contaminated every day with millions of gallons of untreated sewage from the cities of…
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