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[PDF] San Martin mine in the Siria Valley, Honduras - the issues
…[T]ests carried out by…Caritas Tegucigalpa and the Honduran government show evidence of dangerous levels of arsenic, cyanide and other heavy metals in water sources flowing close to or from within the mine boundaries...Communities…have complained of health problems, including respiratory, skin and gastro-intestinal diseases, which they believe is a result of drinking water polluted by the mine...[C]ommunities living close to the mine have complained that heavy water use by the mine…has caused wells to dry up... The small village of Palo Ralos was demolished to make way for the San Martin mine…Nine years after relocation nine families have not received legal titles to their new land and houses from Goldcorp.