It just happened to sit atop 21,000 tons of toxic industrial waste that had been buried underground in the 1940s and '50s by a local company.

到了四五十年代，碰巧当地一家公司原本埋在地下的2万1千吨有毒工业废料露出了地面。

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China Daily reports that more than 5, 000 tons of highly toxic industrial waste were dumped illegally in rural areas in Yunnan province, causing livestock deaths and soil and water pollution.

据《中国日报》报道，5000多吨剧毒化工废料在云南省的农村地区被非法倾倒，造成家畜死亡、土壤水源污染。

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The accident occurred Monday when the retaining walls of a reservoir at an aluminum plant in Ajka in western Hungary collapsed, unleashing a toxic soup of industrial waste through seven villages.

事故发生在周一，由于匈牙利西部奥伊考的铝厂挡土墙倒塌，大量工业有毒废水倾泻而出，使得7个村庄受到污染。

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Floodwaters from the east would carry toxic waste from the "Industrial Canal" area, nicknamed after the chemical plants there.

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Industrial waste, much of it toxic, litters the landscape, poisoning the soil, water and air.

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More than 14 tonnes of toxic waste have been removed from an industrial unit in south Armagh after the discovery of a diesel laundering plant.

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