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1. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); ... walked away too and it has since been labeled a “time bomb”. There have been five emergency declarations due to the high levels of heavy metal contamination in the Moche river from acid mine drainage, ...; Created on 17 May 2021
2. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... River is now dead thanks to Ivanhoe and Lepanto,” he said. He added that tailings from the mine disposed into the river have had a harmful impact on fish, and heavy metals have poisoned agricultural lands. ...; Created on 12 May 2021
3. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... forward with a highly contentious gold mine in one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. According to Rosana Miranda of the São Paulo–based Amazon Watch, the company’s use of heavy metals and cyanide ...; Created on 07 May 2021
4. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... company Volcán responsible for these damages. According to the German outlet Deutsche Welle (DW), up to 2018 around 3,000 cases of children affected with up to 14 heavy metals in the blood have been registered. ...; Created on 22 April 2021
5. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the lawyer who fought the Pacific Rim Mining Corp. This mining ban was a huge victory for activists. Some of them, though, paid a heavy price. I'd like, Luis, if you can start us off by telling us about ...; Created on 22 March 2021
6. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... the people of that community, who trusted that the gold mine would be operated and run and monitored safely, are now suffering — or will suffer — the long term impacts of heavy metals like mercury in their ...; Created on 12 February 2021
7. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... government officials that heavy rains had caused water from a cyanide leaching pit to flood local communities and contaminate homes and farmland. Environmental authorities recommended an evacuation but ...; Created on 21 January 2021
8. Puno: An indefinite strike announced due to mining contamination in the Coata River: (Regional News); ... found heavy metals in the water, fecal coliforms. And now, arsenic and mercury have been confirmed in the bodies of our brothers who are sick and confined to their beds," said Feliz Suasaca, a health and ...; Created on 28 December 2020
9. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... up only 5% of the world’s population. And with fascists and autocrats spewing racism, IP’s are in greater danger. The call grows to pull out heavy military deployment in indigenous lands, which resulted ...; Created on 17 December 2020
10. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... water supplies have been depleted and contaminated by arsenic and other heavy metals. Families in the community report spending upwards of $6,300 CAD a year on bottled water for drinking and bathing. A ...; Created on 28 November 2020
11. Oceanagold violates restraining order from N. Vizcaya government: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... in Cagayan Valley early this month after the onslaught of #TyphoonUlysses. The heavy rainfall caused the toxic dam tailings to overflow, submerging the communities downstream. The Oceanagold’s trespass ...; Created on 28 November 2020
12. 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
13. 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
14. Arrests, harassment of environmental defenders amid COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... constrained by lockdowns, arbitrary arrests, and other heavy-handed measures supposedly meant for containing the outbreak of the infectious disease. On March 19, 2020, indigenous people leader Gloria ...; Created on 21 April 2020
15. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... but many, like Angela, continue to use its waters for bathing and laundry. Water pollution due to heavy metals forced some inhabitants of the areas bordering Guatemala to search for water in nearby communities. ...; Created on 21 April 2020
16. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... more than fifteen hundred military personnel and police patrols of the Honduran government armed with tanks and heavy weapons into Tocoa. The state security forces proceeded later to forcibly dismantle ...; Created on 24 October 2019
17. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Marcopper mining site, lost a leg and had growths on his fingers due to heavy metal poisoning. 2008 photo by Alex Felipe Marcopper, Placer Dome, and Barrick Gold have faced several legal actions since ...; Created on 04 October 2019
18. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America: (Background and reports ); ... because of fears that they are contaminated with heavy metals used in the extraction process. “The country’s most important markets flat-out avoid buying our products,” he told IPS from his hometown. ...; Created on 07 May 2019
19. Uncertainty in communities of Asuncion Mita due to the imminent reopening of the Cerro Blanco mine in Guatemala: (Cerro Blanco); ... El Salvador. And from there the remnants of the process, heavy metals and other pollutants, would reach the Lempa River, which sig sags throughout the country and is the main source of water for 60% ...; Created on 03 May 2019
20. THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... This problem affects us all in our daily lives, but it is the poor who suffer the most, especially women and children. Toxic waste and heavy metals from industry, poisonous chemicals from agricultural ...; Created on 27 August 2018

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