The tragedy of the fishermen of Ventanas, ‘the Chilean Chernobyl’

Mongabay
Oct 29, 2019, 12:26 pm143 pts
VENTANAS, Chile — The first time Carlos Vega saw white Japanese oyster flesh, he was surprised. He had only seen it in a shade of green. It was then that he realized that the seafood he harvested along the coast of Ventanas in central Chile was contaminated. Carlos and his fishing colleagues sold oysters on…

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