Complaint > Yanacocha-03/Cajamarca

Eligibility: Independent Investigation into the Mercury Spill of June 2, 2000 in the Vicinity of San Juan, Choropampa and Magdalena, Peru - June 2000

...unknown amounts may have been sold and transported out of the region, and some of the spilled mercury likely remains in the local environment. The exact distribution of mercury in each of these compartments cannot be determined with any confidence. 5.3.3 Identification of spilled mercury locations and roadside cleanup. The locations of spilled mercury were initially determined by reconstructing where the transport truck had stopped based on interviews with the driver as well as obser...