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Getting Lead Out Of Sovetskoe (Kan), Kyrgyzstan
This post comes from Alena Temnikova, Pure Earth’s regional coordinator in Kyrgyzstan. When lead and zinc ore mining began in the 1950s, the first workers lived in tarpaulin tents and barracks. Then houses were built and the town of Sovetskoe (recently renamed … Continue reading
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Tagged Kyrgyzstan, lead poisoning, Sovetskoe
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