Newmont's toxic shock wave of cyanide drenched gold

Newmont is a Denver based mining corporation that operates gold mines throughout the world. Some of the largest and most toxic gold mines are owned and operated by Newmont. The toxic compound cyanide enters the regional ecosystem through the water from open pit cyanide leaching..

Carlisle Nevada is home to Newmont's gold mine that leaks cyanide into the Humboldt River watershed. This inland draining river becomes the source for the wetlands of the Humboldt Sink, previously part of Lake Lahontan..

Many native fish and riparian species depend on the water of the Humboldt River to remain unpolluted. Indigenous and local people living along the river also depend on healthy fish for food..

Workers at Nevada's Carlisle mine often live in nearby Winnemucca or Elko Nevada. Their dependency on the mine for work to pay for food and rent puts the miners in an uncomfortable position. If anyone speaks out against the environmental contamination of the mine, they may find themselves out of a job and not very popular amongst their peer group..

Ironically the CEOs of Newmont live the furthest away from Carlisle mine's toxic contamination and are least effected by the cyanide entering the watershed. The CEOs also make the greatest amount of profit from the gold mining operations while the workers suffer the health consequences of exposure to toxins..

This scenario repeats itself in Indonesia, Peru and other Newmont mines around the world. Local people and ecosystems suffer ill health from exposure to toxins from cyanide leaching..

There needs to be an alternative to the dependency on toxic gold mining for cost of living needs. An ideal solution would be to dissolve Newmont's assets and distribute the paychecks of the CEO/administrators to the workers and the remainder be used for cleanup and ecosystem restoration of the damaged watersheds in Nevada (Newe Sogobia), Indonesia, Peru, etc..

There needs to be other options for meeting cost of living needs besides dependency on harmful mining operations. Same goes for timber, nuclear, agriculture, etc..

Here are some resources describing the effects of Newmont's toxic gold mining/cyanide leaching on ecosystems and human communities throughout the Earth..

http://www.responsiblemining.org/home.html

http://www.greatbasinminewatch.org/mambo/

http://www.minesandcommunities.org/Company/newmont2.htm

http://www.oxfamamerica.org/whatwedo/where_we_work/south_america/news_publications/art2491.html

http://www.nodirtygold.org/


http://www.renoimc.org/