Abandoned asbestos mines still a hazard in India
Monday, December 22, 2014 - 03:30
in Earth & Climate
RORO VILLAGE, India (AP) -- Asbestos waste spills in a gray gash down the flank of a lush green hill above tribal villages in eastern India. Three decades after the mines were abandoned, nothing has been done to remove the enormous, hazardous piles of broken rocks and powdery dust left behind....