UN warns Colombia over mercury contamination in Atrato River, calls crisis a human rights emergency

A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is ...
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Colombia’s river guardians battle to protect the Atrato amid threats and abandonment

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PAIMADO, Colombia (AP) — Sediment and ...
National Catholic Reporter

In Colombia's Chocó region, 'river guardians' protect the rights of the Rio Atrato

Thousands of miles and an ocean away from home, Maryury Mosquera Palacios brimmed with passion as she described what it means to be a guardian of the Atrato River in Colombia's Chocó bioregion. "The ...

UN warns Colombia over mercury contamination in Atrato River, calls crisis a human rights em...

The United Nations warned that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Colombia’s Atrato River basin has created a ...
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Colombia’s river guardians battle to protect the Atrato amid threats and abandonment

PAIMADO, Colombia (AP) — Sediment and pebbles are all that’s left on the earth around much of Bernardino Mosquera’s small riverside community in northwest Colombia’s Choco region. Just a year ago, ...