On 5 Dec 1996 09:38:34 GMT, vadim@physics.utexas.edu wrote: > >So relax. Or better yet, check your facts before bringing up bogus environmental >disaters and focus your efforts on the real ones. Like Lake Superior, Baikal has been routinely used as a dumping ground for mine tailings. I have read that the north shore is now a mud flat comparable to the Aral Sea. The general points Vadim makes are of course correct. -dlj.