CIEGO DE AVILA, July 4 (Juan Carlos González Leyva and Pedro Faxas Galindo, FAPDH) – The waters of the Gulf of Guacanayabo, off the southern coast of Las Tunas province, are suffering serious damage due to the effluents from the "Jesús Menéndez" sugar mill.

The mill, one of Cuba’s largest, can process up to 125,000 hundredweight of sugar cane a day. It dumps residual water, sugar cane froth, and various petroleum derivatives into the gulf through the port of Guayabal. In addition, two salt-water lakes in the immediate area are also covered by the contamination.

Species endemic to the area, such as the striped mullet, are no longer found in these waters.

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