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Marker unveiled on Marcopper disaster's 20th anniversary

Marker unveiled on Marcopper disaster's 20th anniversary

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Marinduqueños commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Marcopper tragedy with a marker. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

Twenty years after the tragedy that had their rivers declared dead, the people of Marinduque remember the Marcopper mining disaster with a marker.

Members of the Marinduque Council for Environmental Concerns, a Church-based organization, and officials from the Boac City Hall witness the unveiling of the memorial marker in Barangay Hinapulan on Thursday, two decades after the Marcopper mine tailings disaster of 1996.

On March 24, 1996, a tailings spill at the Marcopper Mining Corp's copper mine in central Marinduque province caused for least 1.5 million cubic metres of mine tailings to flow into surrounding rivers after flash floods, contaminating the river system and causing illnesses in the communities around the mine.

A young boy plays in the dry river bed of what used to be the Mogpog River. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

Affected communities are still dealing with several river systems in the province left heavily silted and poisoned when the Marcopper mine tailings dam leaked mercury-contaminated discharge, impacting the province’s water and food supply. -- Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News

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