Dirty gold mine depriving Peruvians of clean water

The concerned eyewitness also said, “The protests here are not politically motivated. People are taking the streets, entire families with children, women, elders, especially the poorest because the situation here is unbearable. They only have water for two hours a day. In some districts there's no water for weeks.”

According to Democracy Now, 5 people have died in the protests, and a state of emergency has been declared in the country.

David Vollrath of Rainforest Rescue says, "I myself spent a year working for an environmental organization in Cajamarca and saw the problems with my own eyes. Taking water samples, we discovered huge amounts of highly toxic substances such as arsenic, cadmium and lead. This is why the people in northern Peru are protesting for their right to sufficient clean water – they need it to survive."
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