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12-04-2007, 02:30 PM
Over 14 months after the Blacksmith Institute's report placed Paraiso de Dios, Haina as one of the world's 10 most polluted places on earth, nothing much has been done to tackle the situation. Diario Libre writes that Blacksmith, the Public Health and Environmental Ministries have met with the manufacturing plant Metaloxa on several occasions to discuss how to fix the lead contamination problem but so far nothing has been done. Diario Libre also writes that a fence was installed around the Metaloxa grounds to impede access, but that it is now on the ground. Officials are said to be discussing which offices will be in charge of what and how much money will be distributed to those offices.

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