Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach called environmental disaster

Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 08:00 in Earth & Climate

A complete water ban affecting about 300 local residents in central B.C. is in effect after five million cubic metres of tailings pond effluent from the Mount Polley copper and gold mine was released early Monday into Hazeltine Creek.

Read the whole article on CBC: Technology & Science

More from CBC: Technology & Science

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net