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by kurthr 816 days ago
Yeah, lack of regulation is actually a pretty big subsidy for large scale "rare earth" metal refining.
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What's a few inland lakes of acid residue toxic metal soup along with tailings piles classified as low level radioactive waste between friends though?

These are still being created today, not just as a practice from the 1800's.

It is the price of technology, better to address these as we progress rather than pushing them out of mind and sight and kicking the can down the road for future generations.