Path: csiph.com!pasdenom.info!news.nntp4.net!nntp.terraraq.uk!peer.alt119.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Scientific American Content: Global" Newsgroups: uk.sci.misc Subject: Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:00:41 -0300 Organization: ALT119 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: peer.alt119.net; logging-data="217595"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@alt119.net" To: All X-Comment-To: All X-FTN-PID: Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 master/a2a9dc027 Jan 2 2022 MSC 1928 X-Gateway: bbs.alt119.net [Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 NewsLink 1.114] Xref: csiph.com uk.sci.misc:1596 Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities. Can it be stopped? Mark Smith https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sand-mafias-are-plundering-the-earth/