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FROM
CUBA
Environmental
pollution increasing in Eastern Cuba
HOLGUÍN, September 29 (www.cubanet.org)
- The mining community of Moa, in eastern Holguín
province, is increasingly threatened by the pollution
produced by two nickel refining plants and other
industries.
Area woods yield more every year to mining and
deficient reforestation. Marine life off the coast
is almost non-existent due to the effluents dumped.
Gases given off by the Cuban-Canadian plant Pedro
Soto Alba, and the Cuban plant Ernesto Guevara,
saturate the atmosphere on a daily basis.
The nickel plants produce about 50,000 tons of
nickel annually, an important source of foreign
currency to the economy.
Paradoxically, the more than 70,000 residents
don't enjoy a standard of living comparable to
the level of economic activity. It seems that
the benefits go to the State.
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