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1. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... rivers. Arsenic is already discharged from the mine and this contamination is strongly linked to diseases such as cancer, kidney failure. Moreover, in a study conducted by Mexican scientists, it was discovered ...; Created on 21 April 2020
2. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... water, and ecosystems "is irremediable and irreversible" due to the intensive use of large amounts of cyanide and arsenic to separate the gold from the rest of the removed material. In 14 years, according ...; Created on 12 June 2022
3. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... water, and ecosystems "is irremediable and irreversible" due to the intensive use of large amounts of cyanide and arsenic to separate the gold from the rest of the removed material. In 14 years, according ...; Created on 12 June 2022
4. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... such as cyanide (a chemical that can kill a human being in quantities less than a grain of rice), mercury, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, lead, arsenic, cadmium, magnesium and other substances. According ...; Created on 14 December 2021
5. Puno: An indefinite strike announced due to mining contamination in the Coata River: (Regional News); Wayka Arsenic and mercury were found in the bodies of people in the districts near the Coata river basin, in the Puno region, which is being contaminated by mining tailings. Local leaders claim that ...; Created on 28 December 2020
6. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... massive, cyanide-laden waste piles, are trying to squeeze the company for more benefits. Adding insult to injury, Milau went so far as to claim that the arsenic that has been found in the community’s water ...; Created on 28 November 2020
7. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... water. The permanent dust generated by those gigantic mines that operate 24 hours a day pollute the air with heavy metals, lead, mercury, cadmium, manganese, and arsenic. People start to get sick very ...; Created on 09 August 2020
8. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... shortages and contaminate water supplies with arsenic and heavy metals, putting people, plants, and animals at risk. Speaking to a crowd of all ages that gathered to celebrate La Puya´s anniversary on ...; Created on 03 May 2020
9. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... village, continue to suffer from skin irritation, fatigue, and body aches as a result of heavy metals—like lead, arsenic, mercury, cadmium, copper, and chromium—flowing through their blood. Doctors blame ...; Created on 04 October 2019
10. Report: OceanaGold in the Philippines: (Background and reports ); ... environmental impacts of the mine elevated levels of copper, lead, manganese, cadmium, sulfates, iron, arsenic, and selenium are found in rivers and streams around the mine, potentially decreasing agricultural ...; Created on 05 September 2019
11. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water: (Regional News); ... shows that the gold and silver are contained in arsenopyrite rock, which contains high levels of arsenic. Levels of arsenic in the water increased considerably during the time the mine was in operation." ...; Created on 03 May 2019
12. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... precious metals, it is removing thermal waters from the tunnels, with high arsenic contents. "They do not care about anything that happens in our villages, they are only interested in taking the gold ...; Created on 03 May 2019
13. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... of the failure of KCA and the state to credibly evaluate the impact that the gold project would have on water supplies in a region with high levels of naturally-occurring arsenic. We further express ...; Created on 26 February 2019
14. Duterte's new warning to mining companie: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... from the rivers around the mine have already indicated high levels of lead, manganese, cadmium, sulfates, iron, arsenic, and selenium. Farmers downstream told us that, in the 3 drier months of the year, ...; Created on 08 May 2018
15. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... until the 1970s, when Commerce Group Corp. of Waukesha, Wisconsin, started operating the mine, turning the San Sebastián River waters orange from the chemicals, including cyanide, arsenic, and mercury, ...; Created on 07 May 2018
16. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... rock, and toxic substances such as arsenic and sulfides get released in the process and can contaminate soils and water for centuries. First, a bit of background. A band of gold runs through the mountains ...; Created on 26 June 2017
17. FMLN Will Vote for the Ban on the Mining Industry in the Country: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... we are convinced that metal mining is one of the most environmentally destructive industries and therefore, one of the leading contaminators of water through the use of chemicals like cyanide and arsenic ...; Created on 10 February 2017
18. MUA calls on Australians to support campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... heavy metals such as cyanide – used to leach gold from the soil and arsenic, which is present wherever gold is found. The high content of heavy metals in the water has been blamed for the high incident ...; Created on 28 September 2016
19. Media coverage of the International Month of Action: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Washington, DC, the once clear river is orange. The people who drink from the arsenic-polluted river, she says, are suffering from kidney failure and other diseases. Xinhua News –Photo Gallery: U.S. people ...; Created on 29 September 2014
20. News Summary international campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Salvador and contaminated the water. Now, according to Lita Trejo, a native Salvadoran and school worker in Washington, DC, the once clear river is orange. The people who drink from the arsenic-polluted ...; Created on 25 September 2014

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