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Toxic sludge reaches Atlantic after Brazil dams burst
Aljazeera   22 November 2015   Brazil   Rio Doce  
The dams that collapsed were located on hills overlooking the two districts that were devastated by the disaster [Ricardo Moraes/Reuters]
<p>A mudflow thick with toxic mining waste, which initially spilled earlier this month from the collapse of two tailings dams into a main river in southeast Brazil, has now reached the Atlantic Ocean, says Brazil's environmental agency, Ibama.</p> <p>Ibama ...
Brazil mining flood could devastate environment for years
Yahoo News   15 November 2015   Brazil   Bento Rodriguez  
General view from above of a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd that burst, in Mariana, Brazil
<p>RIO DOCE, Brazil (Reuters) - The collapse of two dams at a Brazilian mine has cut off drinking water for quarter of a million people and saturated waterways downstream with dense orange sediment that could wreck the ecosystem for years to come.<br>Nine ...
Brazil mine mudslide kills at least 17
Yahoo News   06 November 2015   Brazil   Bento Rodriguez  
<p>Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - A dam burst at a mining waste site in Brazil, unleashing a deluge of thick, red toxic mud that smothered a village and killed at least 17 people, an official said.</p> <p>More than 50 more were injured in the disaster in southeastern ...
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