Lake Titicaca strangled by pollution: more than 12 million cubic meters of sewage water dumped yearly, fish poisoned by mercury

The uncontrolled dumping of sewage waste and tailings produced by more than 30,000 small-scale miners are causing widespread environmental damage in Lake Titicaca, the largest lake in South America and the highest commercially navigable lake in the world.

Lake Chinchaycocha threatened by growing contamination of its waters by mine tailings

Lake Chinchaycocha, Peru’s second largest lake, is threatened by growing contamination of its waters by mine tailings, reported daily El Comercio on Friday. The lake, which constitutes central Peru’s largest water reserve, is dying little by little because of mining-related activity and contamination, said Junín Regional President Vladimiro Huaroc Portocarrero, during a regional assembly of [...]