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Article

3 Jan 2008

Author:
AFP

13 admitted to hospital in Zambia after drinking polluted water

About 13 people have been admitted to hospital in Zambia after drinking water allegedly polluted by acidic effluents from a key mining company in northern town of Mufulira...they on Wednesday drank water contaminated by an accidental acid spill from Mopani Copper Mines (MCM), [town official Charles Mwandila] said...MCM is owned by Glencore of Switzerland.