Landfills in the U.S., Europe and around the world are still major sources of# arsenic poisoning, more than 20 years after the dangers were revealed.
https://theconversation.com/arsenic-in-landfills-is-still-leaching-into-groundwater-20-years-after-colleagues-and-i-learned-how-the-king-of-poisons-could-escape-trash-dumps-223471
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https://theconversation.com/arsenic-in-landfills-is-still-leaching-into-groundwater-20-years-after-colleagues-and-i-learned-how-the-king-of-poisons-could-escape-trash-dumps-223471
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Arsenic in landfills is still leaching into groundwater − 20 years after colleagues and I learned how the ‘king of poisons’ could escape trash dumps
If not properly managed, heavy metals such as arsenic can accumulate in landfills and leach into soils and groundwater.The Conversation