Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of mining waste and other toxic by-products collected in dry stacks and a big pond, in a large copper mining and hydrometallurgical process plant complex near Gerena, Seville, Spain, Augu...
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Mick Jenner / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) feeding on plastic, West Sussex, England, UK.
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Ashley Cooper / A scrap metal dump in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / The tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. In addition, tho...
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Protest banner against fracking at a farm site at Little Plumpton near Blackpool, Lancashire, UK, where the council for the first time in the UK, has granted planning permission for commercial frackin...
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Mick Jenner / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) eating plastic waste , West Sussex, England, UK.
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John Cancalosi / Research worker field testing toxic waste, Arizona, USA.
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Colin Monteath / Warning sign near Lake Ellesmere, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Pete Oxford / Collected nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore, after community based clean up. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
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Pete Oxford / Nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
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Pete Oxford / Nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, floating between seaweed in shallow coastal waters. Bettys Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
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Pete Oxford / Collected nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore, after community based clean up. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
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Pete Oxford / Nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
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Pete Oxford / Collected nurdles, toxic plastic pellets, washed up ashore, after community based clean up. Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near city of Lodz, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds....
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond, nicknamed 'Turquoise Lake' near Konin, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond on the edge of a forest, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons common...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond on the edge of a forest, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons common...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near coal power plant visible in the background, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines in...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of solar panels on top of a coal ash pyramid in East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is stacked and compacted into large pyramids, which may eventually...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of newly created ash pond with first dose of ash, East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lago...
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Milan Radisics / Bulldozer maintaining wall of an ash pond, East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond in East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds. Th...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond in East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds. Th...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of newly created ash pond with first dose of ash, East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lago...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of coal ash pyramid in East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is stacked layer-by-layer and compacted into large pyramids, which may eventually be covered...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of coal ash pyramid in East-Central Europe. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is stacked layer-by-layer and compacted into large pyramids, which may eventually be covered...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of pipeline in ashpond in Szczecin, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash p...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond, called 'Turquoise Lake' near Konin, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons co...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond, nicknamed 'Turquoise Lake' near Konin, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond, nicknamed 'Turquoise Lake' near Konin, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through a pipeline into the ash p...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Turek, Poland. Former open pit coal mine now used to store coal ash after burning in power plants. The ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines (fixed on sand...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near city of Lodz, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds....
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near city of Lodz, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds....
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near city of Lodz, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds....
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near city of Lodz, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds....
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near city of Lodz, Poland. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds....
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond near Belgrade, Serbia. Circular shapes created by water irrigation. If the ash is dry, wind often blows it to the capital of Serbia, creating toxic air pollution. The ash is a...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond, Montenegro. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds. The ponds are...
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Milan Radisics / Aerial view of ash pond, Montenegro. After coal is burned in power plants, the waste ash is mixed with water and pumped through pipelines into sludgy lagoons commonly known as ash ponds. The ponds are...
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Milan Radisics / Trucks deliver and pour dry residue into the huge pond while bulldozers shoring up the dam where toxic waste from aluminium production is stored in Galicia, Northern Spain.
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Milan Radisics / RioTinto tidal area and saltmarshes, with healthy vegetation and red silt containing pyrite (an iron mineral common in sediments). The silt is deposited by constant tidal flooding. This image was take...
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Milan Radisics / RioTinto tidal area and saltmarshes, with healthy vegetation and red silt containing pyrite (an iron mineral common in sediments). The silt is deposited by constant tidal flooding. This image was take...
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Milan Radisics / RioTinto tidal area and saltmarshes, with healthy vegetation and red silt containing pyrite (an iron mineral common in sediments). The silt is deposited by constant tidal flooding. This image was take...
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Milan Radisics / Service road crossing an abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum with crystallised patterns and shallow, but highly toxic radioactive green water in Huelva, Southern Spain....
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Milan Radisics / Coloured water leaking from photogypsum storage pond creates tidal channels in saltmarsh habitat. Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric aci...
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Milan Radisics / Coloured water leaking from photogypsum storage pond into saltmarsh habitat. Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric acid, used for phosphate...
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Milan Radisics / Coloured water leaking from photogypsum storage pond creates tidal channels in saltmarsh habitat. Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric aci...
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Milan Radisics / Coloured water leaking from photogypsum storage pond creates tidal channels in saltmarsh habitat. Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric aci...
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Milan Radisics / Coloured water leaking from photogypsum storage pond creates tidal channels in saltmarsh habitat. Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric aci...
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Milan Radisics / Barriers built in saltmarsh around abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum in Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phospho...
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Milan Radisics / Abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum. Huelva, Southern Spain. Saltmarshes of the Rio Tinto estuary surround the pond. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the man...
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Milan Radisics / Wall of dam, built around abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum in Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric acid,...
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Milan Radisics / Abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum in Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radioactive by-product in the manufacture of phosphoric acid, used for phosphate-based...
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Milan Radisics / Crystallised patterns in an abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum with shallow, but highly toxic radioactive green water in Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radi...
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Milan Radisics / Crystallised patterns in an abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum with shallow, but highly toxic radioactive green water in Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radi...
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Milan Radisics / Service road crossing an abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum with crystallised patterns and shallow, but highly toxic radioactive green water in Huelva, Southern Spain....