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Freezing 200,000 Tons of Lethal Arsenic Dust

Giant Mine sits near Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Once it was a productive gold mine, but after the gold ran out, the mining company went bankrupt and left the government to clean up the mess: enough arsenic trioxide dust to kill everyone on Earth. The solution: freezing it, at least for now. Thanks to all the team at the Giant Mine Remediation Project! More about them: http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100027364/1100100027365 The history of Giant Mine and the local

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  • Originally Aired June 18, 2018
  • Runtime 5 minutes
  • Production Code E4nZDSLdIiM
  • Production Company Pad 26 Limited
  • Network YouTube
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