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Copper Mine Tailings Pond Breached

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Sparweb

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Disgusting:



Communities affected have declared local emergencies and shut down their water treatment systems.
High concentrations of lead, arsenic, nickel and copper in the pond tailings as precipitates and solids. Whether enough of it made its way to affect the lake is difficult to tell, yet, but dead fish are already being found.


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