A massive toxic damn collapse which destroyed the town of Rio Doce Brazil on November 5 has now reached the Southern Atlantic Ocean and is dumping millions of gallons of waste laced with arsenic and other toxins into what will soon be a sprawling 200 mi.² dead zone in already polluted coastal fisheries.
http://www.mining.com/toxic-elements-found-in-water-weeks-after-brazils-mine-disaster-vale/
Why again has the U.S. media ignored what has been called "Brazil's Fukoshima" and its "worst environmental catasrophe in history?"
Why havent we seen this on the news before now, or heard of the U.N report which found levels of toxins in high "multiples" of survivable concentrations, and criticized both the company and the Brazilian government for a "defensive" coverup? http://www.mining.com/bhp-questions-un-probe-that-said-samarco-spill-toxic/
Yahoo news finally did a report yesterday when the Brazilian government sued BHP Brillion S.A., the mining company, for the equivalent of USD 5 Billion. http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-sues-bhp-vale-5-billion-damages-mine-034850784--finance.html
Potential big money trial...now we're interested.
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