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CUBA
Chemical plants are heavy polluters
SANTA CLARA, Cuba - October 7 (Alain Ramón
Gómez Ramos, Cubanacán Press
/ www.cubanet.org) - Two chemical plants
in Sagua la Grande release a range of pollutants,
including mercury, to the atmosphere and
the Sagua river, which eventually carries
them to the sea.
According to local activist Abelardo Sosa,
the factories date back to the 1940s and
are using dated technology.
The plants' workers are frequently sent
to Havana to be treated for various ailments
at a special medical facility there. Plant
workers report cardiovascular, renal, and
pulmonary complaints.
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