Possibly coming to Wisconsin: "The most toxic industry in America"


Possibly coming to Wisconsin: "The most toxic industry in America"


A mining fight is brewing in Wisconsin.

Work is apparently underway by mining interests to legalize industrial acid mining - or sulfide mining - in the state.

Kerry Schumann from the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters says it`s called industrial acid mining for a reason.

"Sulfide mining is actually the most toxic industry in America," she said. "The Environmental Protection Agency has actually called it the most toxic industry."

Schumann says the sulfide mining process creates vast amounts of toxic waste.

"It`s called acid mine drainage," she said. "It contains heavy metals that literally can poison groundwater. It can destroy all aquatic and plant life in a river. It can turn lakes into dead zones."...

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