Vancouver.-(ENEWSPF)- Already having successfully defeated another similar proposed B.C. mining site, the Council of Canadians is disturbed, but unfortunately not surprised, about yesterday’s massive toxic waste spill in the B.C. Cariboo region.
The Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley Mine spilled five million cubic metres of toxic waste water – the equivalent of 2000 Olympic-sized swimming pools – from a gold and copper mine near Quesnel, B.C. The slurry, laden with heavy metals like arsenic and mercury, has contaminated Hazeltine…
