The Dangerous Downsides of Large-Scale Polymetallic Sulfide Mining
Channel: Sierra Club Maine
Date: 08/12/2021

Sierra Club Maine's Community Conversation: Wrong for Maine, Wrong for Cobscook Bay: The Dangerous Downsides of Large-Scale Polymetallic Sulfide Mining

Acid mining is a serious threat to water quality in an area that not only provides clean water to Cobscook Bay but is also a potential source of water to Sipayik, Passamaquoddy Reservation located in what is known now as Pleasant Point. The current water source is badly polluted. Acid mining is likely to destroy another source for the Passamoquoddy and other communities living in the same aquifer. Hear about this from those who have studied it and live there.