Holding black crosses, people affected by toxic metals protest in Lima against the toxic pollution produced by mining and oil companies in Peru. Peruvians are drinking "water with arsenic, lead, and cadmium that exceeds the allowed limits," says activist Elsa Benavente, national undersecretary of the Toxic Metals Platform, in front of the Environmental Evaluation and Supervision Organization (OEFA) HQ. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES