A reservoir used to store
caustic soda + chlorine at a wood-pulping factory in Brazil has leaked
1.2 billion litres of toxic waste into two rivers...
This serious pollution has
killed large amounts of wildlife + denied 500,000 people access to drinking water!
So far the wood-pulping company,
Cataguazes, has been fined almost
$15 million and it could also face criminal charges.
In addition to the authorities acquiring the resources necessary to cope with such an emergency
WWF-Brazil are calling for a system of
alerts + regular water-quality monitoring to be set up...
Thanks to
Erica Moret for forwarding this story.