Rio Doce

Rio Doce

58 DAYS OF BRAZILIAN TOXIC MUD TSUNAMI

FROM A ORE TAILING DAM THAT BROKE APART

DUMPING MANY COMMUNITIES, AND NOTHING,

UNTIL NOW, WAS DONE TO PREVENT THE

SPREAD OF ITS DESTRUCTION.

N O V E M B E R 5 2 0 1 5 B R A Z I L

ONE OF THE THREE ORE TAILING DAM, NAMED FUNDAO, BELONGING TO

SAMARCO, A BRAZILIAN JOINT-VENTURE BETWEEN VALE S.A. AND BHP

BILLITON, EACH ONE WITH 50% SHARE IN THE COMPANY, COLLAPSED

IN NOVEMBER 5, 2015, RELEASING 62 MILLIONS TONS OF TOXIC MUD

KILLING MANY PEOPLE AND AN ENTIRE RIVER IN ITS PATH.

THE COMPANIES STILL MAINTAIN THEIR ACTIVITIES, ALTHOUGH

SUSPICIONS ARE CLEAR THAT TO EVADE SECURITY AND PRESERVATIONS

STANDARDS NECESSARY FOR THE TYPE OF ACTIVITY, THEY BRIBE THE

GOVERNMENT ORGANS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REGULATIONS.

I’M NOT THE AUTHOR OF THE PICTURES USED

IN THIS PUBLICATION. I DIN’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME

TO ASK FOR PERMISSION TO USE THEM.

AS THE REAL AUTHORS ASK ME, I CAN CREDITED

HIS PICTURES OR IF PREFERRED, I CAN REMOVE

THEM. THE URGENCY TO GET THE WORLDWIDE

ATTENTION TO THE SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME

COMMITTED HERE IN BRAZIL MADE ME TO DO IT IN

ADVANCE. FORGIVE ME FOR THIS INCONVENIENCE.

UNFOLDS OF THE SLOW-MOTION BRAZILIAN ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE SEEN FROM SPACE

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