Monthly Archives: September 2011

“Around the world, gold mining is the cause of water shortages, polluted water supplies and land poisoned by toxic waste. Gold mining is one of the world’s dirtiest industries.” [Guardian, UK – February 2007] “On average, gold mining today produces 70 tons of waste for every ounce of gold.” [www.corpwatch.org] “Total waste from extraction [of rock and tailings] from gold mining is 99.99%.” [The Environmental Protection Agency] All over the world gold mining has brought devastation to...

In the last 30 years or so, when our country was handed over to very wealthy people and very wealthy corporations to run,...