Toxic Tailing Pond Floods Waterways in British Columbia Environmental Disaster
A middle-of-the-night breach of the tailing pond for an open-pit copper and gold mine in British Columbia sent a massive volume of toxic waste into several nearby waterways on Monday, leading authorities to issue a water-use ban. Slurry from Mount Polley Mine near Likely, B.C. breached the earthen dam around 3:45 am on Monday, with…
