> Sent out to 3 recycling listserves this AM
>
>> http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-12-22T092549Z_01_MOL218988_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-CHINA-SPILL.xml&archived=False
>>
>> Another reminder that MINING SUCKS.  Most people have already forgotten
>> about Europe's Danube River disaster 5 years ago, when the copper
>> smelters killed all the fish.  The scale of toxins from primary metal
>> mining dwarfs the dirtiest recycling operations on the planet.
>>
>> This is a smelter for lead and zinc which means it purchases mining
>> concentrates from Chinese and Indonesian mining operations;  the chemical
>> leaks of cadmium and Benzoate are not necessary in recycling smelting
>> operations.
>

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