Gold, greed, poison: How miners pollute Mozambique's rivers DW 09/16/2025
Illegal and informal gold mining in Manica uses mercury, cyanide, and arsenic, contaminating rivers and drinking-water sources and prompting government crackdowns and company reviews.
Syria's oil heartland poisoned by decades of war, neglect, and inaction
Oilfield neglect and war have created carcinogenic oil and produced-water spills seeping into Deir Az Zor's soil and threatening the Euphrates aquifer.
Spanish legal case leads fight against livestock pollution DW 09/11/2025
Industrial pig farming in Galicia has caused severe nitrate pollution, foul odors, contaminated drinking water, and ecosystem degradation that harms human health and wildlife.