Trail Smelter dispute
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Trail Smelter dispute
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The Trail Smelter dispute was a trans-boundary pollution case involving the federal governments of both Canada and the United States, which eventually contributed to establishing the harm principle in the environmental law of transboundary pollution. The smelter in Trail, British Columbia was historically operated by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company (COMINCO) until COMINCO merged with Teck in 2001, and has processed lead and zinc since 1896. Smoke from the smelter caused damage to fo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_Smelter_dispute
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2024-02-10T02:03:23Z
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