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Nueva Vizcaya Gov. Luisa Lloren Cuaresma who made the invitation to Reyes, said the secretary "will see for himself the mining operation’s adverse consequences on the people and the environment."


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Prof. Elmer T. Castaneto, research director and head of the environmental survey of the Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) said water samples taken from the Didipio river contain mercury at 0.002 milligram per liter.


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Small-scale miners blamed for mercury in Vizcaya rivers

By Charlie Lagasca | October 14, 2013 - 12:00am

The unabated small-scale mining is the culprit in the mercury contamination of rivers along the remote mountain border of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino, according to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB).

Nation

DENR head looks into illegal mining activities in Nueva Vizcaya

July 23, 2006 - 12:00am

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Angelo T. Reyes is scheduled to visit Barangay Didipio in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya to look into the illegal small-scale mining operation in the area...

Agriculture

Mercury-threatened residents of Vizcaya town to be relocated

June 25, 2006 - 12:00am

Residents of Brgy. Didipio in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya who may be directly exposed to mercury contamination in the Didipio River will be relocated to a safer place, even as small scale mercury miners in the area continue...

Agriculture