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21. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... ten years. They saw destroyed forests, contaminated water, and dried streams. The communities they met were poor and people were left without jobs, many of them suffering from cancer and respiratory diseases. ...; Created on 07 May 2018
22. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... ecological balance. A particular environmental condition that fueled the opposition to mining is the critical state of El Salvador’s water resources. More than 90% of surface water sources are contaminated, ...; Created on 08 February 2018
23. In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... environment in the Western Hemisphere. It is the most deforested country in Latin America, with as low as 1 percent of its original forests intact. Over 90 percent of its surface waters are contaminated, ...; Created on 26 June 2017
24. El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... subterranean water is contaminated.” He added that mining companies’ use of toxic chemicals, primarily cyanide, “harms ecosystems, harms biodiversity, and contaminates the air and soil.” El Salvador is ...; Created on 16 April 2017
25. Community of San Sebastian still endures Commerce Group’s legacy of contamination.: (Commerce Group); ... the contamination in San Sebastian. Key recommendations were related to cleaning up the contaminated river, providing community health and access to potable water, testing for health impacts on the local ...; Created on 13 February 2017
26. Alejandro Guevara: “It was the communities who built the resistance against metallic mining”: (Mining and Human Rights); ... with exploration activities they have already contaminated underground sources of water. We have a project the nearby community of La Maraña, where water from the wells contain heavy metals, the local ...; Created on 03 January 2017
27. MUA calls on Australians to support campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... drinkable. The government of El Salvador placed a ban on mining in 2008, due to the devastating environmental effects of previous mining in their country. Much of the water supply is contaminated with ...; Created on 28 September 2016
28. Community of San Jose Las Flores commemorates 11th anniversary of the defeat of a mining company.: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in the resistance against the mine. "We found that mining is one of the most contaminating industries that exists, it had destroyed rivers, it contaminated the soil, it had created conditions unfit for ...; Created on 27 September 2016
29. Archbishop of El Salvador reinforces the church´s position against mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ... also be contaminated.” “I call upon society to remain vigilant to prevent mining in our country because it will cause a lot of damage to people, animals and plants. It is not fair that this country so ...; Created on 17 September 2016
30. Archbishop of El Salvador reinforces the church´s position against mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ... also be contaminated.” “I call upon society to remain vigilant to prevent mining in our country because it will cause a lot of damage to people, animals and plants. It is not fair that this country so ...; Created on 17 September 2016
31. Yes to life, no to mining! – Report Back Delegation to El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the soil are contaminated by heavy metals, and we are therefore shocked when we are told that during the rainy seasons kids bath in the river. Six cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome have already occurred; ...; Created on 03 February 2016
32. Resistance against the bloodsucker: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... has had even worse consequences than red, contaminated water. In the Department of Cabañas, about 120 kilometers to the West, it has brought violent death. El Salvador is not bigger than the German State ...; Created on 03 January 2016
33. El Salvador: Vote Against Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... some former mine workers still extract some metals, on their own initiative. CONTAMINATED WATER The gold present in the region has not brought any wealth. People live in very simple houses, and paved ...; Created on 02 January 2016
34. The negative legacy of mining in El Salvador continues after 100 years: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... has contaminated their main source of water, the San Sebastian River, and at least 300 people who currently work in artisanal mining are exposed daily to heavy metals, and substances like mercury and methane, ...; Created on 11 November 2015
35. Statement in support of El Salvador from Amianan Salakniban in the Philippines (2): (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the environment more than 90 percent of their water sources are contaminated. El Salvador’s defense states that OceanaGold did not comply with the basic requirements for any gold-mining permits. In ...; Created on 28 October 2015
36. Salvadoran Civil Society Confronts World Bank on Pending Lawsuit on Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... 1932) noted. This protest is only the last step taken by affected communities to protect their scarce natural resources from being exploited and contaminated by noxious gold mining activities. As the ...; Created on 27 October 2015
37. Amid TPP Fight, El Salvador Mining Case Shows Danger of Corporate Tribunals: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... in a nation where more than 90 percent of the surface water supply is already contaminated, and more than 50 percent of the 6.3 million people depend on one fragile watershed for drinking water. But ...; Created on 18 May 2015
38. Save Our Water, End Investor Rights: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... bomb. A 2010 study by El Salvador's Ministry of National Resource and the Environment (MARN) found 98 per cent of water sources were deemed to be contaminated and unfit for drinking. In 2005, when residents ...; Created on 18 May 2015
39. When Corporations Sue Governments: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of then-President Antonio Saca that its work would be eco-friendly and would generate jobs. But with 90 percent of the country’s surface water contaminated, and fearing damage to the Lempa River — an essential ...; Created on 03 December 2014
40. El Salvador’s struggle against corporate impunity: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... have been in legal battles for almost two decades to secure compensation from California oil giant Chevron for oil spills that contaminated indigenous communities’ soil, rivers and groundwater. Chevron ...; Created on 20 October 2014

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