July 26, 2008--Cleanup of unused mines is urged (Washington Post)
The federal government is "putting the public's health and safety at risk" by not cleaning up safety and contamination hazards at abandoned mines on public land in the West, the Interior Department's inspector general said in a report issued yesterday.
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