Scientists Traced Arctic Arsenic Back to a Montana Mine

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Scientists have traced historical Arctic arsenic pollution back to a single dominant source thousands of kilometers away: the Anaconda Copper Mine in Montana. For decades, researchers studying ice cores from Greenland, northern Canada, and the Russian Arctic noticed mysterious spikes in bismuth and antimony dating back to the early 20th century. While researchers concluded their … Read more