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Article

7 Sep 2004

Author:
Jane Perlez and Evelyn Rusli, New York Times

Spurred by Illness, Indonesians Lash Out at US Mining Giant

[Indonesia]: Thirty of the villagers had tumor-like growths, said one of the doctors, Jane Pangemanan. "I was shocked by what I saw," she said in an interview. Of the 60 people she examined, about 80 percent showed symptoms of poisoning by mercury and arsenic...A lawyer for Newmont, Palmer Situmorang, said the lumps and skin diseases that the villagers complained about were the result of "poor sanitation and poor nutrition." [also refers to BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto]