Pérez and her fellow community leaders say that the Marlin mine has
contaminated the water sources that they use to wash and irrigate their
crops and that the subterranean explosions have caused houses to
collapse – charges that the mine’s owners, the Canadian firm Goldcorp,
deny. Newsweek was shown evidence of skin conditions and severe
neurological diseases that local health workers believe are the result
of heavy metal poisoning, but, without independent medical assessment,
their claims are hard to verify.
http://www.newsweek.com/2014/09/05/dubbed-terrorists-mayans-fight-back-against-mining-projects-266962.html
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