Articles by Bruno Weis
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Dam Collapse in Brazil Destroys Towns and Turns River into Muddy Wasteland
Bruno Weis – Greenpeace,
18 Nov 2015
On Thursday, November 5th, two dams holding millions of cubic meters of mining waste gave way – launching one of the worst environmental disasters in Brazilian history. Over 25,000 Olympic swimming pools worth of mud – full of dangerous metals like manganese and mercury – quickly overtook the nearby mining community of Mariana in Minas Gerais state.
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