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                    [ArticleID] => 1244882
                    [Title] => Small-scale miners blamed for mercury in Vizcaya rivers
                    [Summary] => 

The unabated small-scale mining is the culprit in the mercury contamination of rivers along the remote mountain border of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino, according to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB).

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 348882 [Title] => DENR head looks into illegal mining activities in Nueva Vizcaya [Summary] => Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Angelo T. Reyes is scheduled to visit Barangay Didipio in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya to look into the illegal small-scale mining operation in the area which is endangering the lives of its residents especially those directly exposed to mercury-contaminated water in the Didipio River.

Nueva Vizcaya Gov. Luisa Lloren Cuaresma who made the invitation to Reyes, said the secretary "will see for himself the mining operation’s adverse consequences on the people and the environment."
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 343799 [Title] => Mercury-threatened residents of Vizcaya town to be relocated [Summary] => Residents of Brgy. Didipio in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya who may be directly exposed to mercury contamination in the Didipio River will be relocated to a safer place, even as small scale mercury miners in the area continue their unlawful activities.

Prof. Elmer T. Castaneto, research director and head of the environmental survey of the Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) said water samples taken from the Didipio river contain mercury at 0.002 milligram per liter.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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