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Toxic truth of secretive Siberian city

Posted By Walter Schneider On April 5, 2007 @ 8:45 am In Acid Rain, Heavy-Metal Poisoning & Pollution, Emission Incidents & Issues, Sulphur-Dioxide | No Comments

BBC News

…To blame are the clusters of huge chimneys at three smelting plants which surround Norilsk.

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the chimneys pump out a toxic cocktail of pollutants which the company responsible openly admits is mostly sulphur dioxide.

Once in the atmosphere this gas turns into acid rain….

According to figures provided by the company, the total amount of sulphur dioxide produced by all three plants is almost two million tons a year….([1] Full Story)

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