Multiple Choice
How do mining and mineral-processing operations affect air quality?
A) Dust from drilling and blasting can get into the atmosphere.
B) Hauling rocks from the mine site creates dust in the atmosphere.
C) Tailings ponds dry up, allowing dust to enter the atmosphere.
D) Erosion of open-pit mines during windy days stirs up dust.
E) All of the above.
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