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Mining
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mining: By 1980 about 10% of Japanese rice paddies had become unsuitable for human production due to Cadmium poisoning of the soil. Polish Silesia showed unhealthy concentrations of cadmium, mercury, lead and zinc. Canada Ontario: nickel and copper mining killed almost all vegetation down-wind. Lead persists for 300 years in soil.
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