Article VHXT Pollution from Brazil dam burst enters the sea, killing marine life – video

Pollution from Brazil dam burst enters the sea, killing marine life – video

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Guardian Staff
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Mud and mining waste from the bursting of two mining dams in Brazil on 5 November reaches the coast on Monday, spreading out to sea. The brown plume has been working its way down the Rio Doce river since the accident, in which 12 people died with a further 11 still missing. The mining companies involved, BHP Billiton and Vale, have contracted local fishermen to collect and bury dead fish which have been washing up on the shoreline as a result of the pollution

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