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This is what the protection, filed by the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, which seeks to reduce risks to which the inhabitants of these 7 municipalities in Boyacá have been exposedreported Semana.
The guardianship comes after knowing a report, from the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, where it is detailed that the Tota lagoon has lead levels that exceed 95 times the tolerance limits for surface water bodies, added that post.
The Attorney General considers that this excess of lead directly represents a serious risk to the rights to life, health, environment and drinking water of the inhabitants from that region of Boyacá, said that medium.
Similarly, the protection action filed against the Ministries of Environment, Agriculture and Health (among other regional entities), seeks to establish what is the origin of the lead that is affecting that body of water. The contamination of the lagoon could be considered a crime against the country’s natural resources, added that magazine.
In this regard, Corpoboyacá (one of the regional entities tutelary), stated that it will provide all the information requested to carry out the investigation due to the contamination of the Tota lagoon, El Espectador said.
According to that newspaper, the director of Corpoboyacá, Herman Amaya, will call a urgent work table in which the Ministries, regional entities, the mayors of the affected municipalities and the Attorney General’s Office.
“Once this process is completed, this corporation will give the corresponding priority process,” said Corpoboyacá, in words collected by Semana.
This is the location of the Tota lagoon:
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