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Riverine waste disposal at the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea. Waste
water laced with tailings runs from a
pipe rupture directly into the Kaiya River. Credit: EARTHWORKS
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Tailings pipes from the Marcopper mine in Marinduque entering the sea at Calancan Bay, Philippines. Credit: Catherine Coumans/MiningWatch Canada
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Acid mine drainage at the Summitville, CO Superfund site. Credit: EARTHWORKS
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Thousands of dead fish washed up on the shores of the Danube River after 100,000 cubic meters of cyanide-contaminated waste spilled into a tributary from the Baia Mare gold mine in Romania. Credit: Tibor Kocsis
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