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Mud From Brazil Mining Disaster Contaminates Ocean
Description: A torrent of mud unleashed by a dam burst at an iron ore mine in southeastern Brazil is contaminating the Atlantic Ocean. The deadly stain of red mud, water and debris from the burst at the Samarco mine in the Minas Gerais state all but erased a hamlet there, killing eight people, with another four bodies still unidentified and 11 missing. [Source: New York Times]
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/23/world/americas/ap-lt-brazil-dam-breaks.html?_r=1
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Source: New York Times
Publish Date: 11/23/2015
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