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Sudbury’s industrial pollutionhaunts nickel capital’s landscape
In Sudbury Ontario the landscape bears the mark of early and modern ore processing. The text describes how primitive roasting to remove sulphur dioxide devastated forests and topsoil, then tailings and liquid waste from smelters tainted creeks toward Kelly Lake. Inco and Falconbridge later pursued gas reclamation and sulfur products to mitigate damage.
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Ontario Water Resources Commission
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