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Peru Declares State of Emergency as Water Supply Threatened

iht.com — Peru's government has declared a state of emergency at a mine east of Lima, fearing toxic materials there could spill into the capital city's main water source.

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  • MercyPolitics, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3What kind of chemical are we talking about? Are they planning to do a water rationing?
    Terrible, sorry about that.
    Muchas suerte.
  • inactive, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1I was just killing everyone in Peru with my EL virus on Pandemic II when this happened in the game too.

    .......Neat.
  • AutoTom, on 07/20/2008, -2/+3THIS IS THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ( so you dont have to go to the site )

    LIMA, Peru: Peru's government has declared a state of emergency at a mine east of Lima, fearing toxic materials there could spill into the capital city's main water source.

    President Alan Garcia's government decreed a 60-day state of emergency in the mountainous district of San Mateo after soil began to loosen around a waste pit at the Coricancha mine, threatening to spill into the Rimac River, the capital's main source of water.

    The mine is owned and operated by Canadian miner Gold Hawk Resources Inc.

    In a statement late Friday, the company said the government has asked it to relocate its facilities.

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