SANTA CRUZ, Zambales: Mining activists claimed that the volume of mountain soil in this town that was lost and transported out of the country by mining firms may have reached 66.64 million dry metric tons over the last eight years, destroying farmlands, river and roads and causing asthma and other pulmonary diseases to the residents.

The alleged destruction brought about by massive operations by these mining firms supposedly has been documented by affected residents.

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