Most Tailings Dam Disasters Lack Population Health Studies
A scoping review found 49 mining tailings dam disasters from 2015 to 2025 but population-based health studies for only the ...
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Abandoned Tin-Tungsten Mines in Russia Push Waters Into Ecological Emergency
A new study of abandoned tin and tungsten mines in Eastern Transbaikalia, Russia, finds that drainage from adits, open pits, ...
Cobalt’s Hidden Threat: Century-Old Mine Waste Could Poison Water and Food Chains
New research reveals cobalt in century-old mine wastes from Canada and Cornwall shows consistently high mobility and poses medium to ...
Machine Learning Traces 500 Years of Mining Legacy in Mexico’s Guanajuato River Basin
In the hills of central Mexico, the Guanajuato Mining District produced so much silver during the eighteenth century that it ...
Abandoned Italian gold mines could yield critical raw materials from toxic waste
Researchers in Italy's Anzasca Valley show that arsenic-contaminated waste from abandoned gold mines is heavily enriched in critical raw materials ...
Phosphate Mining Leaves a Toxic Fingerprint in Soils Above a Famous Chinese Lake
A depth-resolved survey of a phosphate-mining watershed upstream of Dianchi Lake shows that tailings soils are the dominant contamination hotspot, ...
Age-specific time-spent patterns among residents living near gold mine tailings storage facilities in the West Rand, South Africa
In the mining towns scattered across South Africa's West Rand, a quiet but consequential question sits at the intersection of ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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