“Eighty of every 100 inhabitants suffer skin or eye problems due to the pollution of water sources” in the Siria Valley, east of Tegucigalpa, Juan Almendares, coordinator of the Mother Earth Movement, said Wednesday, attributing the situation to mining activity in the area through 2008.
In addition to those ailments, local residents “suffer nervous system problems, hair loss, miscarriages, infertility, premature deliveries, newborn deaths and poisoning,” Almendares, former president of the National Autonomous University of Honduras, added.
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