Past gold mining near Yellowknife severely hurt lakes, wildlife — report

More than 20,000 tonnes of toxic arsenic trioxide released from the now-shut Giant gold mine just outside Yellowknife, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, wiped out entire populations of algae and invertebrates animals from a lake nearby, a new study published this week...

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