Quarrying

Limestone is quarried, this means that it is dug out of the ground.

An abandonded Limestone Quarry

There are environmental, social and economic arguments, both for and against quarrying:

	__________	__________
Social	__________ materials are produced for the construction of homes and buildings. Local communities may benefit from facilities paid for by the quarrying company	__________ pollution caused by blasting and increased traffic
Environmental	Once __________ with, quarries can be landscaped into wildlife parks (at extra __________)	Large areas of __________ destroyed by the quarry, leading to reduction in wildlife
Economic	__________ created for local people a saleable product produced for business	May damage __________ to an area

The truth is that if we wish to continue using the building materials produced from limestone, then we will need to continue quarrying it.