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America Made Its Most Toxic Lake. Now We Need What's Inside.

Season 3 Episode 3 | 15m 22s

America’s most toxic lake may also be one of its most overlooked resources. At the Berkeley Pit Superfund Site, scientists are extracting clean energy materials from a century of mining waste.

Aired: 04/17/26
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