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Name: Malini Kochuppillai
Status: Student
Age: 20s
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Question:
When quarries are created as a result of cliffs and hills being cut down to obtain construction material such as sand or rock,and these are then left as gaping holes in the ground where water is allowed to collect,how can this prove to be an environmental hazard?


Replies:
Well, someone could fall into the hole and drown. Whether this is actually an environmental problem or not depends on whether his loss would improve or degrade the quality of the local ecosystem.

Aside from that, I can't imagine.

Grayce


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