One Document, Many Interpretations
Findings by an independent team investigating allegations of pollution in Buyat Bay have widely circulated in public—despite the fact the data are yet to be finalized.
October 26, 2004
AN e-mail from a friend in America showed up on Siti Maimunah's computer on Tuesday last week. It said newspapers there had carried reports on their front pages that Buyat Bay was not polluted. The Denver Post, a newspaper published in the city where the Newmont mining company is based, wrote: "Newmont Did Not Pollute Indonesian Bay." The Washington Post, a highly respected newspaper, headlined: "Indonesian Study Finds Mining F
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