Surtini Paputungan: Buyat's Erin Brockovich
December 28, 2004
SHE'S a living encyclopedia bearing records of the pollution by PT Newmont Minahasa Raya of the Bay of Buyat. In the corners of her mind are recorded the extent of damage caused by effluents discharged into the bay waters by the American gold mining company. Ask her about people who found themselves with lumps all over their bodies, those who contracted cancer, and those who suffered from severe diarrhea. She would answer with bitterness an
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