Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst?
via theguardian.com
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While tailings dams are meant to last for ever, extreme weather events are making many unstable – with devastating consequences for nature and humans As soon as the barrier broke, a flood of poison brought death to the river. Gushing through the fragile wall built to hold back mining waste in Zambia’s copper belt in […]