Toxic traces of lead mining in Missouri are hard to erase
The EPA has spent $127 million since 2020 on remediating mine waste and removing lead-contaminated soil in southeast Missouri’s Old Lead Belt.
The Pentagon holds a strategic stockpile for germanium but currently has no inventory reserves for gallium, a spokesperson said on Thursday after China announced export restrictions on the two metals used in semiconductors.
“The (Defense) Department is proactively taking steps using Defense Production Act Title III authorities to increase domestic mining and processing of critical materials for the microelectronics and space supply chain, including gallium and germanium,” the spokesperson said.
(By Idrees Ali and Rami Ayyub; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
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