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MA_775_DIABLO [31]
3 years ago
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How does quarrying affect the environment and people living around the mining are?

Geography
2 answers:
vovangra [49]3 years ago
8 0

Answer: Mining and quarrying can be very destructive to the environment. They have a direct impact on the countryside by leaving pits and heaps of waste material. The extraction processes can also contaminate air and water with sulfur dioxide and other pollutants, putting wildlife and local populations at risk.

Viktor [21]3 years ago
5 0
The Environmental Impacts of Aggregate Extraction. ... Pits and quarries disrupt the existing movement of surface water and groundwater; they interrupt natural water recharge and can lead to reduced quantity and quality of drinking water for residents and wildlife near or downstream from a quarry site.
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