Amazon tribe killed by gold miners

RevDrBlimber

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/30/amazon-tribe-massacre-alleged-venezuela

Another example that cries out for justice.

derryb

LINKY

Timbuk3

Very sickening !!!

Twinturbo

I'm surprised the body count is so low

cohodk

A barbaric relic for barbarians.

LukeMarshall

Reminds me of the mine in this seasons gold rush, the natives were using mercury in their operation, touching it with their base hands and the runoff goes right downstream.

I definatly wouldn't mine down there, might not come back alive.

LochNESS

Not one of mankind's finest hours, indeed. Next time you place a PM order, consider researching where their supply comes from ...

johnny9434

stuff we really never hear about from the us media.

rodzm

It is scary that the first thought that crossed my mind was that the ones affected were the Yanomami indians. Last year I had a college course named Cultural Health Perspectives and as part of my course I decided to research the Yanomami Indians. I dedicated an entire 8 weeks to researching their culture.

Very sad day indeed.

RevDrBlimber

North American precious metals mining is now heavily regulated and for good reason, other parts of the world such as this example shows, Africa and South America especially, have lax oversight of enviromental and legal issues connected to mining. If you go back in time to gold rushes in the U.S., say on Cherokee lands in NC and GA as well as the use of toxic chemicals in the rushes in CA, you see how history repeats and why we need proper legal enforcement when lives are threatened.