“Let us not fall into the traps of reductionism by seeking only to blame cyanide or arsenic. The mining industry eventually destroys all biodiversity in a place, which affects life itself in numerous ways that sometimes these impacts cannot always be measured by our technology.”
Diana Vargas, health promoter for the Ejido of Carrizalillo, in Guerrero, presents the negative environmental and health impacts suffered by the local population since Goldcorp’s Los Filos open pit gold mine began operations in 2009. “Absolutely every family has at least one member who suffers from one or more mining-related ailments: slight or severe irritation in the eyes, skin, ears, respiratory tracts, gastrointestinal system, or premature births.”
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/4807-peoples-encounter-in-resistance-against-the-extractive-mining-model-in-mexico
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