Medical statistics show that towns near open-pit copper mines have high rates of lung, bone and brain cancers, neurological issues, kidney disease and lung and respiratory illnesses, all caused by cadmium, cyanide, mercury, chromium and other toxic substances.
Bio-accumulation of poison will impact all food webs.
Bees are dying everywhere from toxins caused by mines. Bees are the canary.
An open-pit mine would have an extremely negative impact on Kamloops’ air quality, with inversions trapping pollution for days.
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