Science & Environment

The amount of mercury spilled by Lonza would have been much higher

Émission

Le 12h45
12 February 2014

Vera Slaveykova

Sciences, UNIGE

A total of 250 tonnes would have been discharged over 45 years into a canal near the factory.

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