Mining companies around the world routinely dump toxic waste into rivers, lakes, streams and oceans - our research has shown 180 million tonnes of such waste annually. But even if they do not, such toxins often contaminate waterways when infrastructure such as tailings dams, which holds mine waste, fail. According to the UNEP there have been over 221 major tailings dam failures. These have killed hundreds of people around the world, displaced thousands and contaminated the drinking water of millions.
http://nodirtygold.earthworksaction.org/impacts/water#.VLJwLivF-KI
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