Toxic Lead Smelting Operation in La Oroya, Peru

[IAmCaterpillar]

The sad thing is, they need this to survive. If they just wipe out the plant, lots of people loose their jobs. In fact, some sweat shops pay more than local businesses would pay these guys. The people want these jobs, just not the crappy conditions.

[PaulPradaShow]

Instead of blaming the U.S., which is always the case when anything goes wrong in the world, how about doing something to make a change in your own government? This company is owned by an American man, not the U.S. If people in Lybia, Sudan, Egypt, and Syria can stand up to their governments, so can the people of Peru.

[mksapper]

@PaulPradaShow It is not just a government issue nor is it a hatred towards the US. Whether you like it or not the company that has the plant there is owned by a US company and they're not taking these people's health and well-being into consideration. You wanna know why they put a plant here? It's so they don't have to spend the the time and money to enforce safety standards, etc. So maybe the company better dig into their budget a little and consider the risks and consequences.

[greendaysofi]

Yeoo , these fucking factories shud be illegal -___-

[TheEnvirowatch]

Please check out "Poison Playtime" on the NY Post - finally the mass media is starting to take notice.

[TheEnvirowatch]

The US media is finally starting to take notice.

[04shaly]

BASTA YA de ofender ami tierra habalndo estupideces el senor porque no dice cuando trabajaba en la emprese lo VENDIA LA LECHE EL KEROSENE TOALLA ZAPATOSy no cuidaba su SALUD y la senora mentiras sobre los animales en lLA OROYA no existen animales por que nohay vegetacion BASTA YA de matratar mi OROYA

[04shaly]

todo esta bien pero que no digan mas mentiras basta ya de ofender a mi tierra ablando estupideces de la contaminacion de la senora sobre los animales en la oroya nocrese nada ni hay aninales el senor habla por que es un renegado que lo sacaron por borracho como no dicen cuando alos trabajadoes les daban leche zapatos toalla querosene y lo bendian y no cuidaban su salud VIVA LA OROYA

[Ma77hew]

you know what? even though its toxic and all and bad for the inhabitants, its seems like it is a vital source of income for this community and removing it would do harm to the local economy and many workers will loose their jobs.

[fassay]

@Ma77hew What if they their land was not toxic and actually grew something? They could grow food for themselves and they wouldn't need a job. These rural people used to live simple lives and now they have to buy food because of lax environmental enforcement and failure to implement basic engineering controls.

[lucialamour]

@Ma77hew lool you egit, a small minority of the population work there. The profits/precious metals go to the US Company & is dispersed to the UN as well.Its not cool US/UN go into 3rd world countries & take their resources in a way that will end up causing genocide in the long term. Is it really ok, just because they employ .a minority of people? Keep sleeping & telling yourself such as you have so you can keep sleeping in peace.

[Ma77hew]

@lucialamour that is retarded, what does this have to do with my sleep? anyway, the UN has nothing to do with the lead smelting operations in peru plus lead ISNT a precious metal at all, its a shitty metal worth almost nothing. Now, the US and the UN have nothing to do with the lead smelting in peru and the profits made from this specific smelting plant. Ignorance breeds ignorance and it spreads like a disease among uneducated people.

[lucialamour]

@Ma77hew Grrr nothing like someone who is stubborn & is doing the very thing they are accusing of others of doing. Stop blindly stating your opinions as facts, do a little research before you come across as more of an ejit! Its a figure of speech, duh! Really, the US has nothing to do with this Lead Smelting plant? Hahaha you dumbarse, its owned by the US company "Doe Run."

[lucialamour]

@Ma77hew They're able to do this in here thanks to the UN (who is in charge of international law, security & economic development around the world. Lool another idiotic statement of yours that the US & UN don't profit at all from this plant. The American company itself states the lead is used for "radiation sheilding, car batteries & TV screens & much more." Lead is also used for building construction & bullets, all over the world, from police to the army, etc.

[lucialamour]

@Ma77hew Are you even aware of the war going on in Middle East? You think they're just shooting blanks? You are the uneducated "sherson" spreading ignorance and disinformation. I can't waste anymore time talking to someone who doesn't even do any research but talks out his arse. Now really, go back to sleep & enjoy lala land ;p

[Ma77hew]

@lucialamour I'm sorry I was wrong, but I don't spend all my time researching this stuff, why do you do it? DO you even have a life outside of Youtube? Plus Its not only the US doing this, its most European countries too, and its not just about lead smelting in peru. So i'm sorry if the US is doing this stuff, but why is it the only country being ripped a new one? Most of the problems in the peruvian plant is not directly the US or UN's fault......

[Ma77hew]

... The most of the fault lands on the indiviuals responsible for the welfare of the workers in peru, and the UN can't help clean up the whole world, they don't have that kind of resources. You are saying that the US and the UN are directly responsible to watch over other countries and help them there. But in reality no government or the UN has the resources to do it! It all comes down to economical reasons. Those people working at the plant need the money, and thats all they care for.

[lucialamour]

@Ma77hew So many depend on jobs there. Even if the company leaves, the heavy pollution is still there. Many are getting chronically ill & the facing premature deaths. Neither the LO gov nor D.R. can afford to fix this immense pollution w/o outside help. We benefit from blood lead.

Please try to refrain the impulse of your ego to write more false assumptions, move on. The point is to stop being a cancer to Earth & help others when they're in trouble, even by just being educated of the truth.

[lucialamour]

@Ma77hew The purpose of the video is to expose whats going on so public pressure will get outside help. You don't seem to understand the magnitude of the pollution or the reason behind why it exists. La Oroya is one of the top ten most polluted places in the earth! Doe Run didn't keep their agreement to clean up because they don't have the money due to the global economy crisis & banks cutting its loans, etc. So what's the LO gov to do?

[lucialamour]

@Ma77hew Lool FY to your sarcastic sorry. You're still wrong, still haven't learned & still making ignorant, false assumptions. Its your ego's defense mechanism to insult me for calling out the b.s. disinfo you keep posting. This is why people around the world hate Americans like you, so ignorant, arrogant, stubborn sheople. You don't know when to SHUT UP when you don't know what you're talking about!

[Ma77hew]

@lucialamour How is this single video going to raise public pressure? I understand your point, but because of the world's economy is preventing the company that owns it from doing anything, how could anyone else? Even if this somehow raises public awareness, how would people go about fixing it? How could a concerned person fix this? Are u saying that the public has to go out of their normal lives to try and fix someone else's across the world? I don't agree with what they are doing there...

[Ma77hew]

But even though I don't agree with what Doe Run is doing there, how could I help individually? How does anyone help? What needs to be done is to show the video to the individuals responsible for this injustice. But just putting this video on youtube, is really not gonna help the situation. And please, don't insult people's nationality, I don't care where you are from and I wouldn't insult you based on a stereotype of one country. Not everyone in America is ignorant, arrogant, or stubborn.

[peculiarcorner]

@Ma77hew

Trolling is trying to get a rise out of someone. Forcing them to respond to you, either through wise-crackery, posting incorrect information, asking blatantly stupid questions, or other foolishness.

[Ma77hew]

I am not trying to troll, I am trying to have a legitimate argument with someone. Even if I am wrong and didn't research enough information, the other person could educate me more about the situation. I would love to learn more about the situation, and its not helping when people start judging and labeling people.

[lucialamour]

@Ma77hew I'm not here to argue. Sorry I was rude, you do raise good questions. Never said or meant that everyone in America is dumbed downed. I do think YT vids have a subtle impact & eventually the UN & other international organizations will step in, as they have for other third world countries in similar situations, enlisting the First World in helping to clean up the Third World's environment. Wish you good day.

[Ma77hew]

@lucialamour I am sorry myself, for not researching the subject enough, and I would like to thank you for turning around and talking in a polite and non-insulting manner. I do believe that what going on there is horrible and I think everyone around the world agrees that it is a problem. It really is too bad that nobody can really help fix this at least not until the world's economy is better. Well I think we shall leave it at that. Once again, thank you, and I also wish you a nice day.

[lucialamour]

@Ma77hew Thank you too!

[riverwalker76]

Nice PROPAGANDA video. Peru is a disease ridden country, and that's why the life expectancy is so low. Maybe they should check out L.A. and compare the air and water quality to Peru. You might be surprised.

[loverofrunescape32]

indios de mierda

[MsSweetsmile]

This is outrageous!

[12valvepower1]

billions of years ago. earth was hell

[relinscom]

another classic video gringo who does not tell the whole truth. accusations without knowing the real cause of pollution. La Oroya is a mine, is a city metallurgical lead soils have accumulated 87 years and that is the main source of pollution. How sad to see people being able to walk their sheep to depletion for several miles to La Oroya and levarlos say is caused by pollution. liars

[Yhoah]

Lo triste es cuando el reportero pregunto a la persona a cargo en una de las plantas en US porque si compania invierte en mejorar la planta para reducir la contaminacion de las personas que viven alrededor ( y hasta compraron las casas contruidas alrededor para evitar ser enjuiciados por la gente)

cuando le preguntaron PORQUE esta compania no hace lo mismo con la planta en La oroya- Peru,la persona solo dijo que habian hecho "varios" cambios.

Pero la gente peruana aun muere y nadie hace nada.

[zDurden21]

I wish more people would watch this video. The sad truth is people don't give a damn-

I saw a report about the owner, he is a billionaire who lives in the Hamptons. He owns another lead factory in West Virginia, but the pollution is a bit more contained overthere-

It's fucking sad

[sjaderlund]

Its not anybodies problem but the politicians

its the gov who should stop poisoning the people

[LasseKassi]

Disgusting...

[kiawase]

seeing this makes me really angry -what can i do ?

sent an email to Doe Run

[SunsetStone]

estan de los pobladores que por los sensillos se muerden los dientesaguanten hasta reventar,pero no hay derecho a matar a los niños, reaccionen pueblo de La Oroya

[SunsetStone]

Mientra que Ira Renco doerun hace nuevos contratos por el que ganará $ 2.5 billones al año, y claro el ministro Brack defiende con uñas y dientes por el sencillo, que la gente de La Oroya coma plomo, seria mejor que nadie trabaje en esas empresas y ya veran lo que pasa, es decision de los pobladores de nada les vale las limosnas que reciben si no van a tener salud.

[ciribonflex]

In Romania where I live and where I work it's the same fucking problem, I'm working in a lead melting factory and it's allmost like this one!!!

[magitinacopper]

Ira Rennert has $6,000,000,000. He can make a huge difference with a couple million, but I guess he's too selfish to think of all the poisoned children down in Peru.

[bernardsullivan]

Please also see the videos about lead poisoning of Roma children in Kosovo. The most serious aspect of this poisoning is that it was actually caused by the United Nations who placed them in highly toxic conditions and wouldn't evacuate them.

[mjakakobe06]

98% of children have elevated levels of lead in their blood system

[joitoltp]

93 % of the children in La Oroya has leads.

[LJARSONBECK]

NO TO NAFTA!!!

NO person of any worth benefits from outsourcing. Where is OSHA where is the EPA Save our Latin brothers and in turn save America from continuously being seen as the evil empire while we save the earth one community at a time.

[duba3988]

There are more people than there are 1 man, KILL THAT FUCK!

[socialfailure]

welcome to the FTAA, or WTO.

where large economies invest in poorer economies and place their dirty industries that have little or no environmental standards.

FUCK THE G8

[Valiente2007]

Bueno, es visible en el video que sale humo de las chimeneas, ¿será vapor de agua?, ¿será un espctáculo artificial para todos los niños de la Oroya? Si tanto defiende un tal extranjero a Ira Rennet, que ponga las chimeneas a lado de su casa y asunto arreglado.

[Wimvandermeer]

claro que no es vapor de agua. Eres tonto?

[Valiente2007]

Claro que no, también era para saber quién era el primer imbécil en preguntarlo.

[GuilleFloresD]

realizar emisiones de Dióxido de Azufre sin medidas de previsión y control; realizar un transporte inadecuado de ferritas; y superar los Límites Máximos Permisibles de efluentes para el sector minero metalúrgico (tengan en cuenta de los Límites Máximos para el sector minero sobrepasa largamente los estandares internacionales)

[GuilleFloresD]

Las infracciones cometidas fueron el superar los Límites Máximos Permisibles de emisiones en el parámetro Partículas (PM 10) en dos puntos de control: "Chimenea Scrubber -- Bismuto N° 1" y "Chimenea Scrubber Copela", encontrándose que desde 1997 al año 2007 118 de 122 monitoreos superaron límites en el primer punto y 110 de 122 monitoreos superaron límites en sl segundo punto; realizar vertimientos al Río Mantaro sin control ni autorización

[GuilleFloresD]

Infórmese más: El sábado 25 de agosto se hizo pública la Resolución de Gerencia General del Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión en Energía y Minería - OSINERGMIN- N° 2227-2007-OS/GG, por la cual ésta entidad impone una multa de 210 UIT (724,500 nuevos soles actualmente) a la empresa DOE RUN PERU por infracción grave de la legislación ambiental vigente

[GuilleFloresD]

ud. lo dijo bash, no tiene caso entrar en dimes y diretes con kien no tiene un apice de capacidad de razonamiento (la planta de acido corresponde un 80% aprox. del PAMA), su mejor defensa es el insulto, es seguro ke usted trabaja para Doe Run, buen provecho con la sangre con plomo de los 99.9% de niños de la oroya!!!!!!!!!!

[GuilleFloresD]

ahora bien, si yo tengo un negocio ejm, "Consorcio Flores", al final el dueño soy yo, y si mi empresa se enriquece matando lentamente niños, y con las ganancias me compro mis lujos, no es etico decir ke no me importa...

[bashzs]

15%? por lo visto estoy dialogando con algun improvisado consumado por la informacion tergiversada que maneja de acuerdo a las informaciones burdamente falseadas por las ongs, que reciben ayuda monetaria, y su unica funcion viene a ser, justificar esas donaciones malinformando a gente como tu

[bashzs]

el pama esta en su recta final, falta la ultima etapa, que en tiempo no es nada. tengo informacion detallada de todo esto, pero no pienso entrar en dimes y diretes con alguien que por lo visto no tiene ni un apice de capacidad de razonamiento. rojos como tu son los que hacen posible que aparezcan humalas y criminales como patria roja, y demas rojos extremo socialistas.

[GuilleFloresD]

sin embargo, en 7 años de presencia de Doe Run solo logró cumplir un 15% del PAMA, que supuestamente mejoro el PAMA con costos sobrevaluados??? es solo estrategias para ganar tiempo y postergar la salud de los habitantes de La Oroya,

[bashzs]

lo que deberias hacer es creartu pagina o quese yo y quejartede la responsabilidad social deCENTROMIN,que porqueesta no remueve todoslos metros de profundidad yvarios km a la redonda de tierra que debe retirar de ahi. PORque te aseguro que una vez culminado el PAMA, uno de los mas avanzados del mundo, las emisiones seran muy muy sobrepasante los estandares internacionales. peroseguro el problemadel plomo en los niños, porque esta esta en la tierra, en lo que los niños palpan,en donde se convive.

[bashzs]

ahora si comentas sobre costos, que como es que esta costara mas si la otra manipulaba mayor cantidad, creo que debes verificar bien tu fuenta, aparte que estas hablando de tecnologias diferentes. algo que pareces no entender, estamos hablando de muchos logros y avances tecnologicos de diferencia. la planta ISASMELT solo a sido usada en 3 lugares del mundo, y uno de estas es la que esta elaborando DOERUN. el otro pama enmarcaba una mediocre solucion.

[bashzs]

ahora sobre lo que si el accionista mayoritario a comprado tal o cual propiedad, eso que tiene que ver aca. DOE RUN es una "persona juridica" la cual se vale por si sola y se basta con sus propios recursos, no tiene nada que ver lo otro, por eso digo que tu mentalidad roja te pinta de cuerpo entero. LA empresa privada responda como persona juridica y punto. Ahora lo de el ISO, eso esta muy manipulado, hay muchas presiones politicas intrinsicas en el asunto.

[bashzs]

y esta a sido retirada y esta siendo evaluada porque se a cometido el grave error de comparar los estandares de emisiones con lo que DOE RUN deberia emitir al final del PAMA, y como supongo podras conceptualizar no se puede pedir resultados al 100% si el proyecto no se a cumplido al 100%. por eso se esta evaluando, y pronto te daras una sorpresa cuando se solucione todo.

[GuilleFloresD]

O sea, una planta con menos capacidad ke la propuesta anterior cuesta mas (¿?), la legislacion peruana permite estas modificatorias con una fiscalizacion casi nula. Dicha planta de acido aliviaria en un 80% la contaminacion que sufre La Oroya, pero Ira Rennert (dueño de Doe Run) ha preferido comprarse su increible mansion de $185 millones de dólares y postergar la vida y salud de los pobladores de la oroya,

[bashzs]

piensa rojo, el 1er pama elaborado por Centromin costaba 100 millones$, contractualmente solo se debiohacer eso, y Centromin deberia asumir si ese pama funcionase o no,No te olvides que Centromin fue una empresa del estado, ycomo todas de esa epoca, eran mediocres, llenas de gente incompetente, muy diferente a la empresa privada.Entiende ese PAMA noservia,lo que se hizo fue una reingeneria totalsobre el problema ambientaly plantear otroPAMA que costaba mas deldoble, masde 200millones de dolares.

[GuilleFloresD]

Hubo una segunda modificatoria del PAMA, en la cual sólo se toman en cuenta 9 proyectos, incluyendo 1 planta de 300 000, de un contacto y una absorción, calculando su monto en $110'000,000 (¿?). Luego hubo una tercera modificatoria del PAMA.

En su solicitud de ampliación consideran 2 plantas, juntas con una capacidad de 300 000, de un contacto y una absorción (en la planta de Cu y Pb, respectivamente.

[GuilleFloresD]

Veamos la ampliacion del PAMA, algunos datos técnicos, (tomados del PAMA de Doe Run) originalmente existían 16 proyectos (mas o menos), en la que se incluía 2 plantas, ambas juntas con una capacidad de 500 000 t/año de capacidad, así como de doble absorción y de doble contacto, calculando su monto en $90'000,000.

[GuilleFloresD]

El insulto es la mejor defensa para bashzs, Doe Run no cumplió con el PAMA que menciona bashz, obviamente porke no esta bien informado, basta ver los datos inexactos ke da, asi como no explica porke a Doe Run perdio su CERTIFICADO AMBIENTAL ISO 14001, eso a bashz no le da la gana de decir...., la agresividad se usa, bashz, cuando no tienes fundamentos...

[bashzs]

Pero NO, Doe Run duplico o triplico el presupuesto del PAMA, y elaboro uno mucho mejor, pero que obviamente demandaria mas tiempo realizarlo que el primero que no solucionaria nada. Ahora apuran con el tiempo, pero es el tiempo basado del primer PAMA, que requeria inversion insignificante y tecnologia mediocre y minima,, AHORA se esta cumpliendo un PAMA muy bien elaborado, pero obviamente demandar mas tiempo, eso es lo que no entienden los rojos.

[bashzs]

lo que dices del PAMA, este PAMA fue planteado por CENTROMIN, unos incompetentes, cuyo pama significaba una inversion minima. Muy bien Doe Run pudo cumplir ese misero PAMA, y se lavaba las manos y contractualmente no tenia mas que ver en el asunto, y todo el problema que viniera despues, seria problema total del estado.

[bashzs]

entiende rojo, lo que DOE RUN compro fue el complejo, y CENTROMIN firmo en el contrato es que ellos asumirian EL PASIVO, esta en el contrato, firmado, sellado, notariado, escrito y aceptado por ambas partes. Ahora ese pasivo demanda mucha inversion que el estado no va a desembolsar, ese pasivo significa remover todo el suelo de la oroya, y no te hablo de una profundidad de 10 cm, es un profundidad bastante significativa. esto para remover todo el plomo que esta en la tierra.

[GuilleFloresD]

Pero no cumplió con su compromiso (PAMA original), so pretexto que tuvieron problemas financieros, sin embargo Ira Rennert ya compro su mansión de $185 millones de dólares (un gasto superfulo para Rennert, que hubiera hecho que el PAMA se cumpla a tiempo)

[GuilleFloresD]

Si bien es cierto ke el PAMA de CENTROMIN, no satisfacia las exigencias ambientales, DOE RUN se vio obligada a mejorarla, lo contrario le hubiera ocasionado un conflicto aun mayor con la comunidad...

[GuilleFloresD]

Es cierto lo del pasivo, y es cierto que Doe Run compro el Complejo, con todos sus problemas, pero la idea es que ya no se emitan contaminantes, como el SO4, plomo, cadmio, arsenico...

[GuilleFloresD]

El dato que da Bashz es erróneo, no es 1912, es 1922, y nadie niega que en ese entonces nadie hablara de medio ambiente, no encuentro ke en el video alguien diga lo contrario...

[GuilleFloresD]

La defensa de quienes no asumen sus responsabilidades sociales es tildar de comunistas y terroristas a quienes se oponen a ellos, obviamente bashzs solo lee lo ke kiere leer....

[GuilleFloresD]

Doe Run Perú ha perdido su Certificado Ambiental es otra muestra que Doe Run Peru no está cumpliendo con sus responsabilidades ambientales. El año pasado, a Doe Run Perú se le impuso una multa de USD$234,000 por diversas violaciones graves de las leyes ambientales de Perú. La semana pasada, las autoridades peruanas publicaron un informe que detalla dichas violaciones, incluyendo haber sobrepasado los niveles máximos permitidos de plomo y partículas suspendidas en el aire.

[bashzs]

por lo visto eres un rojo mas que no tiene la capacidad de analizar y luego plantear afirmaciones, solo conjeturas como consecuencia de lo superficial, analiza un poco, indaga, razona y despues discrepa,, lee desde el POST 1 hasta el ultimo Post que detalle explicando punto por punto

[aliccice]

pq no te quedas siquiera un par de dias en la Oroya???ve a conocer los distritos de Paccha, Wari, Santa Rosa, para q comas riquisimas truchas con harto plomo, o consumas el agua q en vez de limpiar, ensucia???ahh!! y ni q hablar del purisimo humo de la chimenea....pasa un tiempo por alla, y conoce la realidad....y mira si se cumple el fantastico PAMA

[GuilleFloresD]

y a bashz le encantaría ke nadie proteste, nadie se comprometa, nadie luche, nadie se solidarice con el 99.9% de niños con mas de 10 microgramos de plomo en la sangre, asi la empresa tendría mas ganancias, evitando tomar las medidas necesarias para que el impacto ambiental sea el mínimo (por lo menos)...

[tookool4school]

do you guys know if anything is being done? this isn't right. does facebook have a group against this? any petitions? if not i think ill make one

[maplemanz]

STUPID IGNORANT FUCKS!!

[chinito165]

La contaminacion no se que da ahi sino llega a todo el mundo es un lugar de muchos lugares a nivel mundial. Tenemos que hacer yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

No Creen?........................­....

[bashzs]

si pensases antes de escribir, y te dieras la molestia de leer todo lo escrito abajo, te darias cuenta que no ves mas alla de lo cercano, lee bien todo, y te vas a dar cuenta, gente mal informada consumada por lo q las ongs les dicen, les dicen lo q les quieren hacer creer

[joseman785]

ojala q algun dia hayga un gobierno , q se suba bien los pantalones , y cierre a eta compania, no es posible q los millones valgan mas q las vidas de la personas

[joseman785]

hijos de puta doe run,

[bashzs]

(POST 1)all this info is so wrong. All the incoherence your posting is based on what the lucrative ong ngos fill you up with... lets get some stuff straight. Contamination has been present on la oroya since 1912, when it belong to CERRO DE PASCO COPPER,at that time there was no enviromental control. none what so ever, NONE,,

[bashzs]

(POST#2) all contaminating particles were expeled to the air, and then fell to the ground. this has been this from 1912-1997periods where this company belong first to CERRO DE PASCO COPPER,and later to the peruvian goverment who named it CENTROMIN..

all the contaminated soil, the contaminated landscapes are a passive of all of those years.When DOE RUN bought CENTROMIN, they bought a problem.

[bashzs]

(POST#3)Just one month before DOERUN bought CENTROMIN, CENTROMIN had presented the goverment their PAMA (CENTROMIN had elaborated) which they agreed to acomplish. BUT this PAMA was totally wrong, it wouldnt fix no environmental issue,it onlyRequiried 100 million dollars of investment, DOE RUN contractually only had to execute that PAMA, and thats it,.BUT NO,they knew this was not gonna solve a thing, so the re-did that PAMA, and now destinanated more than 200 million dollars to do it correctly..

[bashzs]

(POST#4)what people(ong´s) claim, is that the time limits have not been respected.. OBVIOUS,, if now the PAMA costs twice,it means way more much things to do,and it would take more time,,(its a improved PAMA, which costs more, and would take more time).

REMEMBER, PERU´S goverment accepted CENTROMIN´S PAMA, and that was all DOE RUN had to do.

[bashzs]

(POST#5) BUT NO,THEY REELABORATED A PAMA WHICH now COSTS MORE THANDOUBLE, AND WHICH WOULD ACOMPLISH THE ENVIROMENTAL GOAL, and if DR didnt care, they would have just done the cheap one CENTROMIN presented but was useless)

ok now... people keep on saying, doe run contaminates,, right?

they are wrong, or want to disinform others.

[bashzs]

(POST#6)LEAD on workers,with direct contact with what could be called contaminated related operations, have decreased lead on their blood level,this is a FACT. A FACT.(since the improvements done by doerun)

its under international standards.

INSTEAD yes, some people present high lead levels,,, specially children.

BUT CHILDREN DONT HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE CONTAMINATING OPERATIONS. NONE WHAT SO EVER.

[bashzs]

(POST#7) how come children have HIGH lead levels on their blood(in the worst case scenario), and people with direct contact dont?

easy

CHILDREN LIVE ON HOUSES BUILD upon that ground that has been contaminated since 1912. kids play with that soil, most of this houses are even built with this ground.(remember who contaminated the ground since 1912-1997?)

[bashzs]

(POST#8)ergo*- the contaminated agent is a passive from, CERRO DE PASCO COPPPER, AND CENTROMIN.

they never acomplished none environmental standard. contaminated the air, which later fell to the fields, ground, soil, all around LA OROYA. (workers lead levels have dicreased as result of the improvements made with the PAMA DR ELABORATED)

[bashzs]

(POST#9)children with somewhat lead levels on blood, is definetely an issue, but its not DR fault. On the agreement when CENTROMIN was sold, DR was only tied to acomplish the PAMA, and it was estipulated CENTROMIN, would take care of removing all the contaminated ground, soul, landscapes,etc,. THERE IS A PROBLEM, DEFINETELY, BUT ITS CENTROMIN, i guess lots of people got it wrong, THATS WHY ITS GOOD to do some research before.

[bashzs]

SOMETHING TO REMEMBER: ONGS EXIST AND ONLY EXIST IF THEY KEEP HAVING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM OTHERS. IF THERES NOTHING TO PROTEST, THIS ONGS WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN. (on peru many people just use ongs to get rich) the enviromental issue is important, but direct the complaints to the real source, dont just bash to get financial aid.

[bashzs]

sfee efas sfa3

[jaerperu]

CAPITALISM DOES NOT HAVE HUMAN FACE. THIS IS THE ENEMY OF OUR PEOPLE AND OF THE PLANET. FIRST ARE THE $MILLION$ THAT GOES TO THE WALL OF THE "GRINGOS", AND HERE? MUCH OF METALS WITH LOT OF VALUE UNDER OUR GROUND, BUT PERUVIANS ARE STILL IN POORNESS OR ONLY HAVE Underemployment FOR 50? OR 150 YEARS? AFTER THAT? HOW THE PLANET WILL BE?...

[aburridazzz]

by the way, is there this video avariable in spanish?? ... por cierto hay este video disponible en español??

[TheFlyingGiraffe]

Si es verdad, la persona anterior es ignorante pero todos somos cholos y con orgullo.

Toda la gente debe despertar y hacer algo por la contaminacion de la Oroya.

[Vjuggalo]

This is what happens when liberal methods of free trade are opened. Yes, liberalism and globalization are practically best friends.

[SOLSITA2412164]

por q habln sin saber . años q esta la contaminacion en la oroya , y hay tantos oroinos q isieron quedar bien al peru y ah la oroyaa hasta ahora hay niñosss son muy inteligentesss ,asi q no hablem mal de mi oroya caracho ingleses de m.......

[TheFlyingGiraffe]

Tu sabes lo que crea el alto nivel de plomo a los niños especialmente? Les crea enfermedades, retardo mental y luego muerte. La Oroya es hermoza, su gente es linda como toda nuestra gente Peruana. Es la compania Doe Run Peru que no quiere arreglar este problema. Ira Rennert, el dueño de Doe Run sabe que no es necesario cerrar la planta pero amenaza con dejar sin trabajo a los pobre Oroinos. Ira Rennert es un diablo para la gente de la Oroya. Por favor abran sus ojos a la realidad.

[aburridazzz]

aca nadie duda de la inteligencia de los niños, ya que el gobierno no hace nada, tiene que venir alguiene xtranjero, como siempre, ha hacernos ver nuestros errores. no ves que los pobres niños y gente merecen un nivel de vida mas saludable?? estoy de acuerdo con megasopeda69, tu comentario es fuera de lugar

[godog29]

trust me, every1s tried 2 contact doe run. im workin on a documentry on the doe run company right now an they wont even give me the common courtesy of returning a phone call, letter, or email

[TheFlyingGiraffe]

Doe Run won't return your call because they know how much evil they are doing to the people of La Oroya.

[HonestyIsKey]

thanks for posting, heard about this a while ago. Very sad and it makes me angry that most everyone chooses to ignore things like these.

[EreCe]

These are sad events. However, was there an attempt to contact Doe Run Corp. for a comment? If so, please link it or post a video response

[nativeofny]

Ira Rennert is a horrible person. He can build a 200 Million mansion but he can clean up his act....