Everything I have learned and seen in El Salvador has convinced me that mining continues to be an extremely dangerous and dirty industry. It has been said time and time again by experts from across the world that mining is one of the most polluting industries on earth. According to many experts, like Dr. Richard Steiner of the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, there is no such thing as a mining project that does not cause some sort of secondary effects on the environment surrounding the mine site. You don't have to do much research to learn that "environmentally safe mining" still uses cyanide and can create acid mine drainage, a toxic runoff of deadly chemicals like lead and cadmium.
http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/theres-no-such-thing-as-clean-mining_2012-04-15.html
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