Zambia Mining Disaster May Have Been 30-Times Worse Than Estimated

and walk us through what more we know about the scale uh of this incident. Good morning, Jen. So, what we know is that it's far bigger than what had been anticipated or reported by the government.Initially, the government reported only 50,000 tons had been released into the river, but the report by Zara reveals that up to 30 times more was released, which puts it at 1.5% million tons. And to put this into context, this is toxic waste that can fill over 400 Olympic sized swimming pools. And it's not just any ...