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Pollution row hits mining firm supplying Olympic medals
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日期: 2011年4月15日
地點: 美國
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Rio Tinto - Parent Company項目
Bingham Canyon - Unknown受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
社區: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )議題
Personal Health , Air pollution資訊來源: News outlet
Pollution from the copper mine chosen to produce metal for the medals awarded at the 2012 London Olympics is responsible for up to 200 premature deaths each year, campaigners have claimed. Rio Tinto...will supply the metal…from its…mine in Salt Lake City, Utah. But protesters…travelled from Utah to attend Rio Tinto's AGM in London...Dr Brian Moench, of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment…: "We are all suffering the health consequences...The research shows the impact of air pollution on disrupting the integrity of the embryo in pregnant women and congenital deformities"…Rio Tinto...announced plans to expand the Salt Lake plant, increasing the county's air pollution by an estimated 12 per cent...Rio Tinto said its Utah mine extension would reduce emissions by 9 per cent…A smaller amount of the Olympic medal ores will be produced at another controversial Rio Tinto plant…in Mongolia…