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this process will and does happen on a regular basis. But, since ARD does in fact threaten our population of fish and animals who depend on fish as a source of food, something does need to happen to either cleanup highly toxic streams... One method may very well be dispersing large amounts of activated carbon in the waterways, which would lock up any heavy metals, thus purifying the water. Just think of a Giant fish tank filter.

There are disasters in every industry. Lots of houses even burn down, and the chemicals being given off in house fires are much worse for the environment than the natural processes of nature. For every natural problem, nature also has a solution. For instance, Lead accumulates in organisms, mainly in the brain. As heavy metals accumulate here, you start going crazy. Well, nature, or rather our creator that made nature, gave us a defense mechanism. For instance, sulfated amino acids can help cleanse heavy metals from the system, Omega-3's found in flaxseed oil and fish oil are shown to enable the body to push toxins accumulated in the brain and surrounding tissues into the hair follicles. In fact, having your hair sample tested can tell you if you have heavy metals poisoning. There is a natural safeguard against any kind of disaster or contaminant. Silver, is capable of destroying any bacteria and virus, including HIV within seconds to minutes of contact with silver. In fact, that could be a reason why illness rates are up, most people do not use real silverware, silverware now days is made from Stainless Steel, cheaper, and low maintenance.

Many old time mining operations were notoriously wreckless. I admit that. But just because of them, does not mean mining is still done irresponsibly. The majority of mines operated are well within legal boundaries, and are having insignificant impacts on the environment. In fact, for the past hundred plus years Cyanide leaching has been in use, there has not been a single disaster or fatality arising from the use of Cyanide leaching.

What happens when the mining is over?

The property or claim is reclaimed. There are criteria that generally must be met in the reclamation goals. I have borrowed these from an outside source as well, very interesting reading. Who knows, the authors of these sources may very well someday read this very article. It is in the name of education I quote from them, and besides, their publications are receiving the free advertising!

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1. Productivity of reclaimed land should, at

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