In addition to cyanide pollution, there is mercury pollution, which is mercury pollution. In the process of extracting gold, mercury is used in addition to cyanide. Discarded mercury enters the local soil and vegetation and ends up in food, or simply is breathed in through mercury steam. Mercury can cause nerve damage, genetic damage, nervous disorders, numbness of limbs, fetal malformations and other consequences.

Liu Junkang said: "In fact, not only Lishukou Village, but also villages and towns in the city's gold producing areas have such a situation. It's just that the situation in Lishukou Village is a little more dramatic. ”

Zhao Changfeng originally wanted to learn more about Liu Junkang, but when he heard the footsteps coming from behind, he didn't continue.

Zhao Changfeng stood in the middle of the clearing, turned around to look, and three villager representatives from Lishukou Village followed, one of whom was still holding a stack of materials in his hand.

Wang Sanfa came to Zhao Changfeng and stopped, and first introduced himself: "Mayor Zhao, my name is Wang Sanfa, this is Uncle Zhuzi, this is my genius brother." ”

Zhao Changfeng greeted with a smile: "Three good." After a pause, he asked, "What about the party secretary and village chief of your village?" ”

Wang Sanfa showed a sneer on his lips and said, "Mayor Zhao, our village has not had a branch secretary and village chief for three years. ”

Zhao Changfeng was stunned in his heart, but his face was silent, "So that's the case." I don't know what you're trying to do this time? ”

Wang Sanfa said: "The problem of gold mine pollution! Mayor Zhao, there are seven gold mines around our village, and these seven gold mines have made it impossible for the people of Lishukou Village to live. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhao Changfeng turned his head and asked Huo Yilu, Huo Yilu nodded no, shook his head no, and was thinking about how to answer, Zhao Changfeng had already twisted his head back. said to Wang Sanfa: "Let's talk about the specific situation." ”

Wang Sanfa was obviously prepared, he said: "Eight years ago, when we had not yet mined gold here, we had 400 acres of high-yield apple orchards in Lishukou Village, and the average production per mu was 5,000 catties of high-quality alpine apples. Year down. The income from the sale of apples alone has exceeded more than 2 million, and the more than 2,000 villagers in Lishukou Village can earn more than 1,000 yuan per person. In addition to the orchard, we also have 1,200 acres of cultivated land in Lishukou Village, and nearly 1,000 catties of grain can be harvested in two seasons of planting per acre of land in a year. ”

"However, since the Phoenix Mountain gold mine was put into operation in the mountain behind our village, all the apple trees in our village have died, and the grain production has also been greatly reduced. Because he did not dare to water the land, it was very difficult to harvest two or three hundred catties of grain per acre of land, not to mention the grain handed over to the public and the village's retention, and it was not enough to even eat himself. ”

"The apple tree is dead, there is no economic income, we can endure without spending money. There wasn't enough food to eat, and we could barely get by. But we can't afford two or three thousand people in Lishukou Village to live without water, right? Due to the random discharge of waste water and waste residue from the gold mine. Dalong Creek is polluted, and we don't have water to eat at all. We had no choice but to dig wells to eat groundwater, but who knew that even groundwater was polluted! ”

Speaking of this, Wang Sanfa took out the stack of materials from Wang Zhuzi's hand and handed it to Zhao Changfeng: "Mayor Zhao, look at this thing." ”

Zhao Changfeng originally thought that Lishukou Village had written the reflection materials, but when he took a look, it was a stack of death certificates issued by the hospital, and Zhao Changfeng opened them one after another. The more you look at it, the more shocking it becomes.

Wang Sanfa said on the side: "Mayor Zhao, it's amazing, isn't it?" In the last year alone, seven people in our village died of liver ascites, five died of silicosis, and three died of cancer. They were all young men between thirty and fifty years old, and they were all in good health, but they just went away suddenly. I asked the doctor, and the doctor said that he was exposed to too much highly toxic cyanide, and the liver was damaged, which caused liver ascites and cancer

Zhao Changfeng's face was grim, in a small village of more than 2,000 people, more than a dozen young adults died of liver ascites and silicosis every year. This cannot be said to be normal in any way.

"Comrade Yilu, do you know this situation?" Zhao Changfeng stared at Huo Yilu sternly.

Huo Yilu didn't dare to make contact with Zhao Changfeng, and said: "Mayor Zhao, the mining industry in our township has always been in charge of Secretary Ma. ”

Zhao Changfeng wanted to get angry and said what are you, the township chief, doing to eat land. But seeing so many people around. I put up with it for the time being.

Wang Sanfa said on the side: "Mayor Zhao." I would also like to ask you to look at some of the situation. ”

Zhao Changfeng turned his gaze to Wang Sanfa. Wang Sanfa turned around and beckoned to the villagers at the mouth of the pear tree not far away, and immediately more than a dozen people ran over. They carried cages in their hands, which were covered with sackcloth.

"Open it and let Mayor Zhao take a look!" Wang Sanfa said.

These dozen or so people took away the sackcloth, and Zhao Changfeng saw that the cage was filled with domestic animals such as kittens, puppies, chickens, and pigs. For example, the kitten has five legs, the other pig has only three legs, a chick has two heads, and a puppy has only one eye, which is in the middle of the forehead...... In short, none of the dozen or so domestic animals and poultry are normal.

Wang Sanfa said: "Mayor Zhao, this is the offspring of our livestock in Lishu Village. I'm just bringing this here to give you an idea of how terrible the situation is. Last year, thirteen women in our village became pregnant, but three of them were miscarried, two were stillborn, four were malformed, and two of the children were born with congenital leukemia despite their lack of defects. Only two mothers gave birth to normal babies, and both of them did not stay in the village while they were still pregnant. Zhao Changfeng's face became more and more serious, and he said: "Comrade Wang Sanfa, if there is any other situation, you will react. ”

Wang Sanfa smiled bitterly and said: "In addition, in our village in the past few years, there have been one or two patients with insanity every year, and there are a few young people who are so good that they suddenly can't walk and are paralyzed in bed......

Zhao Changfeng really didn't expect that the situation in Lishukou Village would be so grim, no wonder the villagers would rush onto the road to intercept his convoy so recklessly. It's just that the situation in Lishukou Village has become like this, and it must not have developed overnight, which requires a long-term and gradual process. Zhao Changfeng believes that in this process, the villagers of Lishukou Village must have reported to the Houhe Township Government and even the Bibei Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, why did he never hear anyone mention this issue after he came to Pibei City? Could it be that in the eyes of the leading cadres of Pibei City, the situation in Lishukou Village is not worth mentioning? Or is this situation in Lishukou Village already commonplace for some leading cadres in Bibei City, so they have become insensitive? Listening to Liu Junkang, this kind of environmental pollution is a very common phenomenon in the gold mining area of Pibei City, so it is very likely that the leaders of Pibei City have felt numb to the evil consequences of this kind of environmental pollution, and feel that this is a normal situation, and there is no fuss, so they have not made these explanations to him. No, after this matter goes back, we must communicate with Secretary Cai Guohong and Mayor Liu Guanghui, if this problem is not solved, there will be more serious consequences.

"Comrade Wang Sanfa, what do you want?" Zhao Changfeng pondered for a moment and asked.

Wang Sanfa exchanged glances with Wang Zhuzi and Wang Tiancai, Wang Zhuzi and Wang Tiancai both nodded, and Wang Sanfa then said: "Mayor Zhao, we don't have any special excessive requirements. We only put forward a few points: first, the gold mine must stop polluting the land and rivers in our Lishukou village, and invest money to clean up the already polluted Dalongxi and our village's land and restore it to the original normal level; Second, the gold mine must compensate us for the death compensation of the people who died unnaturally in Lishukou Village in the past few years, and pay for the medical expenses of the villagers who fell ill due to environmental pollution. Third, the gold mine needs to invest money to dig deep wells for us to solve our current draft problem; Fourth......

Liu Junkang quickly recorded Wang Sanfa's request in his notebook, but he was secretly anxious about Zhao Changfeng in his heart, how could he take such a big trouble.

After listening to Wang Sanfa's request, Zhao Changfeng said: "Comrade Wang Sanfa, I understand your feelings, your request is also reasonable, I have asked the secretary to record it, and when I return to the city, I will convey your request to Secretary Cai and Mayor Liu, and try to meet everyone's requirements!" ”

Wang Sanfa said: "Mayor Zhao, Mayor He also said this to us last time, but there has been no news since he left. We originally wanted to block him this time, but we didn't expect to block you. Will you, like Mayor He, be left and never heard from again? ”

Zhao Changfeng looked at Wang Sanfa and the others and said, "Don't worry, I am talking about it." I will not only reflect your requirements to Secretary Cai and Mayor Liu, but also actively fight for you. No matter how far things go, I'll give you a message, and I won't go unnoticed! ”