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Reserve Mining and the tailings in Lake Superior
1974
Silver Bay, Minnesota
The taconite plant dumped 67,000 tons of tailings into Lake Superior every day for two decades. Researchers then found asbestos-like fibres in Duluth's drinking water sixty miles down the shore. A federal judge ordered the plant shut overnight, the first time an American court closed an operating industry on public health grounds, and though it reopened pending an on-land site, the case reshaped environmental law.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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