Toxic mine waste contains as many as three dozen dangerous chemicals including:

Earthworks estimates that, to produce.

The sado gold mines are located on sado island, a large but remote island off the coast of niigata prefecture.

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The unesco world heritage committee has decided to register japan’s controversial sado gold mine as a cultural heritage site after the country agreed to include it in an exhibit about its dark history of abusing wartime korean laborers.

The survey results indicate that mining serves as a key source of income.

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