Russia launches pollution investigation after streams run orange

Acidic runoff from abandoned Urals mine puts spotlight on hazardous industrial waste

Russian prosecutors are inspecting a facility supposed to treat acid runoff from an abandoned Urals mine after videos emerged of streams running orange.

Drone footage uploaded last week by an Instagram travel blogger showed a bright-orange landscape near the disused copper-sulphide mine close to the village of Lyovikha.

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