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PROFEPA, Mexico's federal agency charged with environmental protection, is monitoring water quality at multiple points along the river and has already ordered that the company, Buenavista del Cobre, part of the mining giant Grupo Mexico, provide "full remediation" for the spill.
But many affected residents said the alerts concerning the spill came long after they noticed effects from it.
The state of Sonora is Mexico's leading producer of gold, copper, and graphite.
In 2009 an American subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, Asarco, payed the U.S. government a record $1.79 billion to settle hazardous waste pollution in 19 U.S. states.
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PROFEPA, Mexico's federal agency charged with environmental protection, is monitoring water quality at multiple points along the river and has already ordered that the company, Buenavista del Cobre, part of the mining giant Grupo Mexico, provide "full remediation" for the spill.
But many affected residents said the alerts concerning the spill came long after they noticed effects from it.
The state of Sonora is Mexico's leading producer of gold, copper, and graphite.
In 2009 an American subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, Asarco, payed the U.S. government a record $1.79 billion to settle hazardous waste pollution in 19 U.S. states.
PROFEPA, Mexico's federal agency charged with environmental protection, is monitoring water quality at multiple points along the river and has already ordered that the company, Buenavista del Cobre, part of the mining giant Grupo Mexico, provide "full remediation" for the spill.
But many affected residents said the alerts concerning the spill came long after they noticed effects from it.
The state of Sonora is Mexico's leading producer of gold, copper, and graphite.
In 2009 an American subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, Asarco, payed the U.S. government a record $1.79 billion to settle hazardous waste pollution in 19 U.S. states.