Mine metals at Maine Superfund site causing widespread contamination

Friday, September 20, 2013 - 08:30 in Earth & Climate

Toxic metals from the only open pit mine in an estuary system in the United States are widespread in nearby sediment, water and fish and may be affecting marine and coastal animals that feed on them beyond the mine site, a new Dartmouth study finds.

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