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Man has been polluting Earth since the Middle Palaeolithic: Heavy metal contamination caused by Neanderthal fires dates back at least 450,000 years [1]

Heavy metal pollution, typically caused by mining and smelting, is a major threat to human health - but the problem is seemingly not new.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2015
Daily Mail (United Kingdom) [2]
Tags:
Environment [3], Pollution [4], Heavy Metals [5], History [6], Spain [7]

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