O Jirau da Hydro (2018)

Overview

On February 17, photos recorded leakage of tailings from the deposit basin of the miner Hydro Alunorte, the company and the state government denied any incident. The Evandro Chagas Institute released a report confirming the contamination in several areas of Barcarena. The daily lives of the local population was directly affected by yet another environmental disaster.

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