Honduras: Goldcorp Inc. And The Death Of Lesly Yaritza

Honduras: Goldcorp Inc. And The Death Of Lesly Yaritza   Lauren Carasik and Grahame Russell, 2011   Five year-old Lesly Yaritza had expressive brown eyes and sported an impish grin, despite the toxic stew of heavy metals and chemicals that coursed through her body and ravaged her muscles.   In a tragically premature end to a childhood marked by the progressive deterioration of the musculature in her lower limbs, Lesly died a completely preventable death on September 25,...

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