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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau regional office in Tuguegarao City confirmed Saturday a Nueva Vizcaya State University report last year that certain rivers in the province have been contaminated with mercury, in the process making all fishes and freshwater crustaceans caught there unfit for human consumption.

Aljo Jacildo, MGB regional director, confirmed that his office had received reports of the mercury contamination of rivers and streams, especially in the vicinity of Runruno village in Quezon town which has been a known site for illegal small-scale mining ventures for various metals going back decades.

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