There’s no life there. Not one fish playing in the water.
January 30, 2019 9:50 AM   Subscribe

As Brazil fights to cope with it's second mineral tailings dam disaster in 3 years Piaui magazine publishes a long form investigative report on the first dam failure known as the Mariana disaster. Both mines were at least partly owned by the multinational Vale.
posted by adamvasco (7 comments total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
"Not one fish playing in the water"

Spain and Britain have water sources that are unusable because of mining activities dating to the Roman Empire. When you start chiseling through rock, you may be leaving behind a gift that will keep on giving.
posted by ocschwar at 10:36 AM on January 30, 2019 [2 favorites]


Wow, that was a hard and disappointing read. Well written I mean just disheartening. Thanks for posting.
posted by Naib at 4:14 PM on January 30, 2019


Incredible. That bit about people fishing with barrels just before the polluted water arrived was particularly disturbing.

Reuters: Vale to dismantle upstream dams after disaster
posted by heatvision at 3:49 AM on January 31, 2019


A Dam Collapse Foretold in Brazil
Brumadinho 99 dead 259 unaccounted for. Only 57 corpses identified.
Netanyahu has withdrawn his publicity stunt.
posted by adamvasco at 10:07 AM on January 31, 2019


film of the dam burst
posted by heatvision at 5:54 AM on February 2, 2019


Deadly Brazil dam collapse was disaster waiting to happen.
Lax regulations, chronic short staffing and a law that muffled the voices of environmentalists on mining licenses made the devastating collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil all but destined to happen, experts and legislators say.
posted by adamvasco at 9:27 AM on February 2, 2019


Searching for her son: A mother’s quest in Brazil dam breach
posted by adamvasco at 4:35 AM on February 4, 2019


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