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Between 1906 and 1994, Kabwe was home to Broken Hill, one of the world's largest lead and zinc mines. For decades, highly toxic lead particles were blown across town, carried by the wind and the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images There are about 500,000 abandoned mines ...

To see the toxic legacy of lead mining in the US and understand the complicated task of cleaning it up, all one has to do is look at Richard Rankin’s backyard in Missouri. The septic system of ...

But once I started my investigation into the environmental impact of this old lead mine, I uncovered a completely different tale. Underneath this idyllic landscape was a longstanding legacy of ...

(Johannesburg) – The Zambian government should make comprehensive efforts to clean up the contaminated former lead mine in Kabwe, the capital of Zambia’s Central province, Environment Africa ...

The UK has 6,630 abandoned industrial lead mines — of which more than 3,600 are in England — that continue to disperse the metal into the environment each year. Lead can accumulate in ...

The town is built around one of the nation's largest lead mines, and is divided by railway tracks and a giant wall of dirt, known as the "mullock heap", built from the mine's waste material.