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9 Feb 2010

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BBC News

India refinery 'threatens health of local community'

An alumina refinery in east India run by a UK-based firm [Vedanta] is causing pollution that threatens the health of local people, a human rights group says…In a report…Amnesty International said the Orissa State Pollution Control Board had documented widespread water and air pollution caused by the Lanjigarh refinery…[and] that the refinery had been operating without…systems to adequately manage water-borne waste and pollution…Amnesty said the Lanjigarh refinery was also failing to limit the impact of air pollution on surrounding communities...Vedanta officials told Amnesty that there was no dust pollution…Amnesty also...fears the proposed mine could...threaten the entire way of life of the 8,000-strong indigenous Dongria Kondh community

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