
Unlike this “Bad Penny”: a regular USD Penny is minted from copper and zinc. These raw minerals are refined in processes that require dumping sites to be filled with liquid waste, therefore tainting the soil and local water supplies with cadmium, lead, & acid forming sulfides. According to EPA citations, The Red Dog Mine, the largest zinc mine in the US, has been accused of a long history of illegal pollution to sources of drinking and fishing waters in Alaska's nearby Wulik River System.