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The River Runs Acid

Tuesday, June 18, 2002

Sulphuric seepages from a mountain crater in Situbondo are acidifying rivers in the area. Thousands of residents suffer from skin rashes and decaying teeth.

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MAT Sali, a resident on the bank of the Banyu Putih river in Asembagus in the East Java district of Situbondo, unabashedly opens his mouth. Eight of his teeth are missing. This one will also go, he says pointing to a wobbly canine tooth. Mat Sali isnt an under-5 with teething troubles. He is 43not a very old man really to have lost so many teeth. But what could he do? The rest of his teeth will apparently go as well in next to no time. The remai

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