Freeport dumped 169,670 tonnes tailing to rivers, killing 200,000 fish and endangered frog species

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We use metal products everyday1;p7. However, disposal of mine waste by mining industries to river bodies poses severe environmental problems, namely reduction of species abundance and toxic metal accumulation through food webs in water ecosystems1...

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#Water Pollution #Mining Industry #Tailing #water ecosystems #fish deaths

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