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metals

Cleaning up after hardrock mining – and the spectre of Gold King

August 17, 2017April 6, 2017 by savepa

Pollution from legacy hard rock metal mining present a daunting legacy for the American West.

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Categories Clean water, Hazardous waste, Pollution Tags Gold King, metals, mining 2 Comments

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