US tests for toxic spill from Mexico mine
Los Angeles (AFP) Sept 23, 2014 - US authorities are testing a river in Arizona for possible cross-border contamination from a toxic mine spill in northwestern Mexico, an official said Tuesday. The checks came after a recent massive acid spill in the Sonora River from the Buenavista copper mine which turned a 60-kilometer (40-mile) stretch of the waterway orange, causing Mexican authorities to shut off the municipal water su ... more

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