San Antonio de los Cobres

Departmental capital of Los Andes in the province of Salta in Northwestern Argentina.

Population: approximately 5,000
Altitude: 12,350 feet above sea level

In 2006 HHM organized an expedition

partially financed by a grant from the University of London on which Dr. Karen Hudson and Dr.

Jane Archer performed extensive tests and determined that the drinking water in San Antonio de Los Cobres has 25 times more arsenic than the World Health Organization says is safe to drink.

Dr. Mary Hibbered-King MD., MPH.,

seen here attending children in San Antonio de Los Cobres, in a brief prepared for His Heart Missions concerning the levels of arsenic found in the drinking water said the following. “There is a world wide and robust body of literature substantiating that chronic exposure to high levels of arsenic in drinking water is insidious and is associated with both cancer and non-cancer effects…

Financial update on the project

As of September 14, 2009 we only need to raise an additional $7,500 to reach the goal of $70,000 needed to provide arsenic free drinking water to every man, woman, and child in San Antonio de Los Cobres, Argentina.