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1. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... write, “there was more to Sáenz Lacalle than Opus Dei. The archbishop held a degree in chemistry. He knew well the toxic impact of cyanide. And with that knowledge, he did a 180-degree flip on mining.” ...
Created on 11 April 2021
2. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town
(OceanaGold)
... toxic metal with an array of health impacts on people and wildlife. According to a DHEC enforcement order released Thursday, the Haile Gold Mine exceeded safe limits multiple times for mercury pollution ...
Created on 12 February 2021
3. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... toxic chemicals into local rivers. Prioritizing clean drinking water was a must as climate change worsened droughts in the region. But the government today appears to be on the verge of turning back ...
Created on 03 April 2023
4. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...
(Cerro Blanco)
... to a healthy environment and to the health of populations and the ecosystems, among others. 11. That open pit mining uses large amounts of cyanide, a highly toxic substance that allows gold to be recovered ...
Created on 12 June 2022
5. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... and communities without access to this vital liquid, the source of all life, are taking to the streets. Metal mining is a threat to water due to enormous consumption and contamination with toxic materials, ...
Created on 14 December 2021
6. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... the collapse of the rule of law. In the remote regions where many environmental resources are found, development projects are often backed by a toxic mix of political corruption, organized crime, and unchecked ...
Created on 23 April 2021
7. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes
(General mining reports )
... which have demonstrated environmental pollution associated with mining activity. Testing of the local population has also shown the excessive presence of toxic metals in the blood of dozens of men, women ...
Created on 22 April 2021
8. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption
(OceanaGold)
... that filter stormwater and harbor wildlife. Areas of the mine that contain toxic material also would be enlarged. The mine wants to add more areas for potentially acid generating rock and increase the ...
Created on 02 April 2021
9. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger
(OceanaGold)
...  In one case from November, wastewater from the mining site was so toxic that it killed every water bug tested, DHEC says. One way wastewater discharges are tested is by exposing tiny bugs to the water ...
Created on 30 March 2021
10. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
...  Gold mining uses toxic chemicals like cyanide that poison water. But a global mining company attempted to buy public support by launching flashy PR campaigns, funding local projects, and hiring expensive ...
Created on 28 March 2021
11. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... those toxic substances and the benefits to health and to the community are certain”. Despite of the poor soil conditions and hot temperatures, families trained in San Isidro, Guacotecti and Sensuntepeque ...
Created on 05 January 2021
12. Puno: An indefinite strike announced due to mining contamination in the Coata River
(Regional News)
... president of the National Platform for People Affected by Toxic Metals (Plataforma Nacional de Afectados y Afectadas por Metales Tóxico) specified that "care is useless if the sources of contamination are ...
Created on 28 December 2020
13. 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
14. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19
(Regional News)
... at mine sites also raise fears that the virus will spread among local populations. Communities living near mines often suffer from respiratory illness or other health impacts from exposure to noise, toxic ...
Created on 23 July 2020
15. Study reveals the threats of the Cerro Blanco mine
(Cerro Blanco)
... due to the high content of toxic metals and the reduction of the water flow.  Both water streams above, provide water for the Guija Lake, the main head of the Lempa River.    “We have been observing ...
Created on 26 December 2019
16. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... Philippines' worst ever environmental disasters took place in March 1996 at a Canadian mining site in Marinduque, an island in the southwest. Toxic leftover waste leaked out of the Marcopper Mining site, ...
Created on 04 October 2019
17. National Roundtable against Metal Mining Demands technical closure of mines and compensation for environmental damage
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... the closure procedures for the mines have not initiated. Consequently, acid drainage (a toxic mix resulting form the gold extraction process) still spills and contaminates rivers as explained by the members ...
Created on 18 September 2019
18. Oceanagold’s wealth is misery for Kasibu farmers
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... the ones who polluted our river but they were the ones dumping lake-wide chemical wastes,” Palpag said. “I even challenged them to see who’s producing the toxic wastes that killed our rivers by drinking ...
Created on 16 September 2019
19. 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
20. El Salvador: first anniversary of the mining ban A cause for celebration, but the new law faces dangers
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
Andrés McKinley - UK LAB On March 29th, 2017, the small country of El Salvador became the first nation in the world to exercise its sovereign right to say “no” to metallic mining after carefully analyzing ...
Created on 22 June 2018
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