what are the bad impacts of mining and hazards of mining
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Water pollution, loss of biodiversity, soil erosion and pollution, and formation of sink holes are among the worst effects of the mining industry on the environment. Mines are known to cause severe environmental problems
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Bad impacts of mining.
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Mining has its impact on local communities both positively and negatively.
Mining can negatively affect people as:
- Forcing them to displace from their homes and land.
- Preventing them from accessing a clean land and water.
- It also impacts on their health and livelihoods.
- It causes divisions in communities as who benefits from the mine and who doesn’t.
- It changes the social dynamics of a community.
- It exposes them to harassment through mine or government security.
- These impacts occur when local people aren’t consulted and given wrong information about a planned mine.
- Too much of mining activity may lead to damage of mother Earth.
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