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Contamination from Brazil mining spill spreads to ocean [1]

Mineral residue from the rupture of two tailings dams in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais in November has contaminated an area of 168 square kilometers of the Atlantic Ocean, a government agency

Publication Date: 
01/01/2016
Global Times (China) [2]
Tags:
Water Pollution [3], Marine Pollution [4], Hazardous Waste [5], Mining [6], Brazil [7], Ecology [8], Marine Ecosystems [9]

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