... 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, ...
... 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. ...
... 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 ...
... 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. ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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. ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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. ...
... 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% ...
... 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 ...