🚨 100% of copper mines pollute. There has never been a sulfide-ore copper mine that hasn't resulted in pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency has deemed hardrock mining America's most toxic industry.
🚨 Pollution spreads. Because the Boundary Waters is a vast network of interconnected lakes and rivers, toxic waste would not stay contained. It would travel downstream through the watershed, affecting Voyageurs National Park, Quetico Provincial Park, and eventually flowing into Hudson Bay.
🚨 The damage is permanent. If sulfide-ore copper mining is allowed to pollute this pristine Wilderness, the damage will last for generations. There is no second chance. There is no clean-up that could restore what's lost. |