Environmental Issues
Some of the effects include habitat destruction, soil erosion, loss of biodiversity, or water pollution. They can be short term or followed by regrowth and made severe or permanent.
Regulations, Laws and Standards
-Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
Requires reporting and cleanup of hazardous substances
-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
requires clean up of mineral-related contamination
-Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Regulates solid and harazardous waste
-The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Ensure environmental information
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Requires reporting and cleanup of hazardous substances
-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
requires clean up of mineral-related contamination
-Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Regulates solid and harazardous waste
-The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Ensure environmental information
Want to know more?? Here, visit this site:
http://www.pollutionissues.com/Li-Na/Mining.html
Controversies
Environmental awareness has been brought up. Since aluminum isn't a pure metal, it requires lots of energy and water. It's a difficult process and very energy consuming and contamination of water is common.
There are also accusations of human rights abuses where mines are made by local tribes. It destroys their homes and survival of their cultural is in critical conditions.
There are also accusations of human rights abuses where mines are made by local tribes. It destroys their homes and survival of their cultural is in critical conditions.