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The Material World

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Most people assume that the environmental problems facing our planet today are a result of modern industrial methods, in fact ancient civilisations must take part of the blame. Quentin Cooper talks to archaeologists at Edinburgh
University who have developed a scanner aboard the Endeavour space shuttle that provides a detailed map of invisible mining deposits which have been poisoning parts of Britain for centuries. E-MAIL: [email address removed]

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Presenter:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
John Watkins

BBC Radio 4 FM

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