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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ed Davey and Alon Aviram

Liberia's largest gold miner repeatedly spilled dangerous chemicals, records show

Liberia Gold Mining Spills - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

For generations, families in Jikandor village fished and drank from the river that runs through Liberia ’s dense rain forest. Now toxic pollution is making them leave.

They blame the largest gold miner in Liberia, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation. When dead fish float to the surface, they said, they know to tell authorities. But for years there has been little response.

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