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mining sites are important sources of pollution. Water released from mining sites is acidic and rich in metallic ions. The only forms of life that thrive in it are bacteria which grow by catalysing the oxidation reactions of the metals

Publication Date: 
14/01/1997
Down to Earth [2]
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Water Pollution [3], Mining [4]
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