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Want to help make a difference at La Oroya. He recommends:
http://www.manosperu.org
http://www.savelaoroya.org
http://www.amigosdelaoroya.org
You may also join the Facebook group “La Oroya que Soñamos”
Readers, please continue to add your comments and links to the discussion. I am here to faciliate the exchange of information and am learning much from your input.
I focus on water and climate-change issues in Peru when I write about the environment on this blog, but when another environmental crisis makes the English-language news, I feel bound to share what information I can.
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1 Miguel // Dec 17, 2008 at 11:50 pm
More Peruvians need to know about it. I remember there used to be a factory in Lima that was causing so much pollution, an people and organisations got it to close. I believe this happened because there was much more pressure from society in Lima, which is more populated and people know more about the environment and pollution than in La Oroya where people might not know as much, and might not have as much resources. So as somebody said, this news need to be kept alive, and continued to be brought attention of the Peruvian population especially, so as to create more social pressure and got this smelting company place to close.
2 Rachel in Peru // Dec 18, 2008 at 8:58 pm
There was a Chilean pasta company that had their factory over by the Pantanos de Villa in Chorrillos. It was forced to shut down. – They donated pasta to the kids that lived up the hill in Delicias.