Cases / Mining · Peru · 2022
Peru inventories 6,026 mining liabilities, needing over 3,000 million soles
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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Peru's inventory of environmental liabilities from mining lists 6,026 sites, and the state company AMSAC says more than 3,000 million soles are needed. In Cerro de Pasco, 4 of 5 children were reported with lead poisoning from Centromin's waste.
What?
Peru's inventory lists 6,026 mining environmental liabilities, and AMSAC says more than 3,000 million soles are needed. El Búho
Where?
Peru (national inventory); Cerro de Pasco for the child lead cases.
When?
Child lead data reported in 2022; inventory reported in September 2024. El Búho
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
- Children in Cerro de Pasco — lead poisoning reported in 4 of 5 children Actualidad Ambiental
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Children were exposed to lead from Centromin's waste, according to the report. Actualidad Ambiental
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
El Búho reported in September 2024 that Peru's inventory lists 6,026 mining liabilities.
State company AMSAC said resources above 3,000 million soles are needed.
Actualidad Ambiental reported in 2022 that 4 of 5 children in Cerro de Pasco had lead poisoning, with Centromin's waste as the source.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say who will pay for the work AMSAC describes, or when.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not describe how the five children were selected or how their lead levels were measured.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not report the current condition of the Cerro de Pasco waste.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
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