Camelford water pollution incident
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camelford-water-pollution-incident-259-6593385
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Camelford water pollution incident
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The Camelford water pollution incident involved the accidental contamination of the drinking water supply to the town of Camelford, Cornwall, in July 1988. Twenty tonnes of aluminium sulphate was inadvertently added to the water supply, raising the concentration to 3,000 times the admissible level. As the aluminium sulphate broke down it produced several tonnes of sulphuric acid which "stripped a cocktail of chemicals from the pipe networks as well as lead and copper piping in people's homes."
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Mass poisoning
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelford_water_pollution_incident
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2023-11-03T07:24:58Z
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