One farmer, María de la Cruz Mariano, said that she began to suffer skin
allergies and other ailments in 2010, after PVDC began work. Tests on
her blood conducted by a private laboratory showed high levels of lead,
sulphur, cyanide and zinc. Some of her cattle have died from bovine
anaemia, which can be caused by ingesting cyanide. Other residents
report that previously clean local rivers have become polluted since
PVDC built a dam to collect water containing cyanide, which is used to
leach gold from crushed rock.
http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21586560-shiny-new-mine-rusty-pollution-problems-sickness-and-wealth
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