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What impact does mining have on the environment? Duhhh…

Waste from gold and other kinds of mining pollutes the planet. Miners often use arsenic, a toxic metal, to leach gold from rock, creating a nasty slurry that contaminates drinking water and kills wildlife when it’s released into the environment. Anyone who thinks dousing our waterways or landscapes with such toxic pollution deserves to have his or her head […]

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