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Letter: Close encounter

Published 21 November 1998

From Willie Stanton

“The fifth dimension—it’s closer than you think” proclaims the cover of
your 24 October issue. True, it’s on page 24, where the massive spillage of
toxic mine waste in Spain is quantified in cubic litres.

Wells, Somerset

Issue no. 2161 published 21 November 1998

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