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Article

1 Feb 2008

Author:
Raúl Gutiérrez, IPS

El Salvador: "Life Is Worth More than Gold" Say Anti-Mining Activists

Peasant farmers from the…province of Cabañas fear that mining operations planned for the region will consume 30,000 litres of water a day…drawn from the same sources that…provide local residents with water only once a week…Environmentalists and experts have also warned that…[the El Dorado mine project that Pacific Rim plans to undertake]…could contaminate the area's groundwater and soil…Luis Trejo, an environmental advisor to Pacific Rim...acknowledged that "cyanide is a hazardous substance," but said that the human body is able to "assimilate" it... [also refers to Entre Mares, part of Goldcorp]