The Illegal Miners’
Time Bomb
Tuesday, September 7, 2004
Each day illegal miners discharge 17.5 kilograms of mercury into rivers and seas in North Sulawesi—a time bomb for area residents.
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CALL him Rambo. His face is tanned by the burning sun and his body is thick-set. Dressed in a singlet and faded blue jeans, he’s all muscles. He walks slowly to the old, heavy-duty Toyota hardtop, a picture of ruggedness with a powerful machine.
The muscular man isn’t an action movie star. He’s a coolie transporting gold-bearing earth at a smallholder mining operation at Ratatotok in the North Sulawesi district of South Minahas
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