A copper smelter in Tsumeb, Namibia, which was previously owned by Toronto-based Dundee Precious Metals Inc.

United Nations experts have asked a Toronto-based mining company to respond to allegations that it damaged the health of workers and community members during its 14 years of ownership of a copper smelter in Namibia.

The human rights experts, in a newly disclosed letter to Dundee Precious Metals Inc. DPM-T , say they found evidence that arsenic from the smelter has polluted the soil, water and air in the town of Tsumeb, causing high rates of illnesses among smelter workers and town residents.

They also allege that the company erected barriers to medical care, making it difficult for its local workers to get access to independent doctors and basic information about their health,

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