“The threat we saw from mining was that it would generate catastrophic consequences,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, listing the names of her colleagues whose deaths have been tied to their anti-mining activism.
Experts said last week’s vote to ban mining and the use of toxic chemicals like cyanide and mercury – following a failed attempt by OceanaGold to sue El Salvador – could pressure mining companies to protect water sources and embolden other countries to restrict mining in environmentally sensitive areas.
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