Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst? While tailings dams are meant to last for ever, extreme weather events are making many unstable – with devastating consequences for nature and humans

Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Mining #ToxicMining #Pollution

🌍 Mexico's growing mercury trade exacerbates toxic gold mining in Latin America, posing significant environmental and health risks. Urgent action is needed to halt this hazardous trend. Link: https://tinyurl.com/2xsl76gp #ToxicMining #MercuryPollution #EnvironmentalHealth

‘The last drops of our water’: how a mine left some of Peru’s poorest high and dry Antamina, in the Andes, makes billions thanks to the green tech boom. But locals say they are being poisoned by arsenic, losing their water and sinking further into poverty

‘The last drops of our water’: how a mine left some of Peru’s poorest high and dry www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #Mining #ToxicMining #Pollution