Autonomous University of Barcelona: Centuries of Mining Turn the Mar Menor Into a Reservoir of Toxic Metals
October 14, 2025
October 14, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 14 (TNSjou) -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news:
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Centuries of Mining Turn the Mar Menor into a Reservoir of Toxic Metals
According to a study by the Department of Physics and the ICTA-UAB, the Mar Menor saltwater lagoon in Murcia, Spain, the largest in Europe, contains sediments with levels of lead, arsenic, zinc, mercury, copper, and silver that exceed toxicity thresholds and values reported for . . .
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Centuries of Mining Turn the Mar Menor into a Reservoir of Toxic Metals
According to a study by the Department of Physics and the ICTA-UAB, the Mar Menor saltwater lagoon in Murcia, Spain, the largest in Europe, contains sediments with levels of lead, arsenic, zinc, mercury, copper, and silver that exceed toxicity thresholds and values reported for . . .