Plantation Bay Dolomite Sand. Our lovely artificial lagoon was built over a site consisting of barren rock, so no ecosystem was destroyed for the resort. The department of health has spoken its truth that the dolomite used is not a health hazard and does not compromise the people’s safety and health.
Image courtesy of nilad metro manila environmental network feedback: “there’s been a lot of noise, since yesterday, about a pile of sand on roxas boulevard. Plantation bay resort and spa:
The shoreline of most sandy beaches of posh resorts in mactan have natural sandy beach already but they added crushed dolomite stones to widen them.
Dolomite sand is used for beaches here and abroad, but the resilience of artificial beaches is contested. Cebu banned the extraction of dolomite being used as artificial white sand along the manila bay to prevent a repeat of the 2018 landslide that killed nearly 80 people in the province, an official said wednesday. “the dolomite materials sourced from cebu have been extracted, produced, and shipped out to various buyers following proper regulatory laws and procedures,” declared mgb 7 regional. An environment official's tirades against experts of the university of the philippines who criticizes the manila bay's dolomite beach might be rooted in 'a misunderstanding,' malacañang said thursday.