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6 Impact on the Biological Environment Physical changes in the land soil water and air associated with mining directly and indirectly affect the biological environment Direct impacts include death of plants or animals caused by mining activity or contact with toxic soil or water from mines
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Get PriceNov 21 2012 In certain cases when the Antimony levels are higher than expected the associated symptoms and toxic effects may not be presented This is because Antimony chemical symbol Sb has two valences Sb3 and Sb5 Sb3 is the more toxic but is mostly excreted in feces Sb5 less toxic binds less well to body tissues and is excreted mostly in urine
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