Obed Mountain coal mine spill
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Obed Mountain coal mine spill
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On October 31, 2013, a waste pit at the Obed Mountain Mine failed near the town of Hinton in Alberta, Canada. Following the collapse of a tailings dam, up to 1 billion litres of wastewater flooded into the nearby Athabasca River in what may have been the largest coal slurry spill in Canadian history. The river's waters experienced immediate spikes in arsenic, metals, and carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Although the Athabasca was deemed safe for drinking and wildlife by the
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2023-12-21T14:44:57Z
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