Factoid/2016/11/14
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Beaches are Disappearing Worldwide Because of Sand Mining
- "The discrepancy, worth more than $740 million, led a coalition of campaign groups to call on Monday for an investigation into what has happened to around 69 million tonnes of missing sand. "The amount of illegal mining is massive," said Som Chandara, an activist with Mother Earth, one group questioning the government's accounting of sand exports." - excerpt from article from Reuters. Sand mining closer to home.
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