On Friday, six days, the Sisters of the Good Samaritan took the decision not to accept a donation from the company Barrick Gold, which would be for the construction of a shelter in Vallenar, the provincial capital of Huasco, located in the Atacama (Chile). The decision was made with the help of the Diocesan Church of Copiapo and came about because Barrick Gold is one of the main generators of environmental conflicts in the region..........
In spite of benefiting the local population with a large amount of jobs, the mining project has a lot more damage, especially environmental advantages. Proof is in the process of extraction and purification of gold, in which it uses toxic materials such as cyanide, illegal in Canada. There is a risk that the product contact with sources of water supply and contaminate leaving the population without drinking water. Besides this risk, the company's mining activities threaten the existence of glaciers in the region.
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