Toxic mudslide from collapse of dams spreads as BHP Billiton fined $66mNine people are now confirmed dead,and a further 19 remain unaccounted for as a slow-motion environmental catastrophe continues to unfold following the collapse of two mining dams in Brazil’s mineral-wealthy state of Minas Gerais.
Eight days after the town of Bento Rodrigues was swept absent by 50m cubic metres of toxic mud, a slow-moving tide of toxic iron-ore residue is oozing downriver, and polluting the water supply of hundreds of thousands of residents as it makes its way to the ocean.
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Source: theguardian.com