Rio Doce communities still live with toxic water, 10 years after Mariana disaster

Mongabay
Dec 17, 2025, 12:17 pm299 ptsTop
LINHARES, Espírito Santo, Brazil — A yellow mark stains the blue water tank sitting in the front yard of Lucimar Dias dos Santos Silva’s home. The same color, at times more intense, sometimes comes out of the faucets inside the house, or the neighbors’ water well. Lucimar, known as Preta to her friends,…

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