Stamp sand, a pulverized rock leftover from ore processing, has been dumped in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula for more than 100 years. Transforming miles of shoreline, the stamp sand is now a slow-moving ecological disaster. Read the full story by MLive.
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