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The “White Dust” Silently Choking Mongolia’s Mining Towns
ERDENET, ORKHON PROVINCE, MONGOLIA — Delger Vangan wakes up every morning at 6 to walk in the mountains near his home. From there, he can look down at the Erdenet mine, one of Asia’s largest copper mines. He’s never been a heavy smoker. In fact, he quit …