According to the Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposed gold mine, the river water currently - as a result of the old, environmentally dangerous mine - contains 64 times the legal limit for iron, 110 times the legal limit for zinc, 3.5 times the legal limit for arsenic, and gets its reddish orange color from cadmium.
Canadian mining company Gabriel Resources - the company behind the mining project that the environmentalists are trying to halt - would clean up river and old mine as part of its project.
Far from the pristine village as portrayed by PBS, Rosia Montana is an environmental disaster now - that's the message of Gheorge's bottles of river water.
If it is Christians who are teaching the heathens about what they honestly believe is the only way to save their souls, or it is environmental groups based in America, treading lightly is important. There appear to be some solid things in this deal with the mining company that are good for the town. I understand the concern of the environmental groups, but that shouldn't be more important than the concerns and the desires of the people who live in the town. Coming from the west, and having so much power and money it is hard not to step on the toes of the little guy. That should be the first priority though.
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