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Geological Survey in 2005 would reveal most of the lead, cadmium and other heavy-metals pollution sampled from Lake Roosevelt, the reservoir behind the Grand Coulee Dam, came from the Teck smelter.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

The fact that silver had replaced copper for electrical purposes on Earth was due to the heavy-metals industry on Pluto.

From Hanging by a Thread by Garrett, Randall