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Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals
THE GUARDIAN · LONDON — Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the world’s fastest-warming places Residents of a remote village in Norway that is in one of the fastest-warming places in the world have been told they must no longer drink tap water due to heavy metal…
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- The Guardian — Environment
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- Climate
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- 19 October 2026 · 05:00 UTC
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- 28 October 2026 · 12:19 UTC
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- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/19/tap-water-no-longer-drinkable-norwegian-town-climate-related-thawing-heavy-metals-arctic-longyearbyen-svalbard
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