Vidalina Morales, a prominent activist, witnessed the devastation caused by mining in her community and has become the face of the movement against metal mining in El Salvador.
Despite the ban on metal mining enacted in 2017, the recent legislative reversal under President Nayib Bukele has reignited fears of ecological and public health disasters among activists.
Cidia Cortes highlights that mining pollution has severely contaminated the San Sebastian River, with arsenic levels reaching 300 times higher than international safety standards.
While the new mining regulations prohibit toxic mercury in gold extraction, environmentalists are skeptical, fearing irreversible damage to ecosystems from other hazardous minerals.
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