Canada's mines pose transboundary risks
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Correction (24 April 2020): Part of C.A.F.'s competing interest declaration was inadvertently omitted in production. It has now been updated.
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Competing Interests
C.A.F. is affiliated with the Department of Hydrology Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT 59855, USA. He is also a scientific consultant for scientific review of Pebble Mine Draft Environmental Impact Statement Earthworks in Missoula, MT 59801, USA. S.L.O. is affiliated with Agua Dulce Freshwater Consulting. A.R.W. is affiliated with Natural Resources Canada, but the views expressed herein do not in any way represent the Government of Canada or its departments or agencies.
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24 April 2020
24 April 2020
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C.A.F. is affiliated with the Department of Hydrology Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT 59855, USA. He is also a scientific consultant for scientific review of Pebble Mine Draft Environmental Impact Statement Earthworks in Missoula, MT 59801, USA. S.L.O. is affiliated with Agua Dulce Freshwater Consulting. A.R.W. is affiliated with Natural Resources Canada, but the views expressed herein do not in any way represent the Government of Canada or its departments or agencies.
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