Toxic Spill at Chinese Copper Mine Kills Nearly 1,900 Tons of Fish

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A top mining company in China, the Zijin Mining Group, allowed a toxic waste water to spill into the Ting river, polluting the major water way, killing nearly 1,900 tons of fish, and threatening the fishing industry in the area. The toxic spill wasn't so much a spill, as a result of gross negligence -- worn equipment and some shady activity. Investigators found that the 320,000 cubic feet of "leaked" waste water actually flowed from a sludge point to the Ting river through an "illegally built passage." The pollution has spread down river into the Guangdong province. What's more, the company successfully hid the spill from investors from July 3, when it happened, to July 12, when the story finally hit the press wires.

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