“This company doesn’t want you to see this. But now the truth has come out.” is the headline.
And this time Heigt started the news engine: yes, what is in the article is the truth, even if there is currently hardly any reporting about this environmental catastrophe in Central Europe.
In recent years, Heicht hasn't always shown itself to be the primary news portal, but they basically don't get anything out of their mouths there. The stories all have their true essence, but they are often packaged more dramatically than they really are.
Environmental disaster in Brazil
The article refers to the Bento Rodrigues dam failure that occurred on November 5, 2015, near the city of Mariana, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. At the end, the French site Demotivateur named as the source.
The article in Heigt now works heavily with images and impressions, but these images belong to the environmental catastrophe. It is indeed the case as described in the article: After the dam burst in an iron ore mine, highly toxic sludge flowed into the river. Highly toxic contents include lead, arsenic and mercury. This is of course a devastating environmental disaster locally, which also affects the people because they get their drinking water from the Rio Doce.
The reason for the whole thing was the rupture of the retention basin of an iron ore mine on November 5th, 2015. This basin full of sewage sludge and poisons poured into the valley. It is now estimated that a total of around 55 million cubic meters of water, sludge and residual metals were discharged into the valley. A mountain village was buried.
The Heigt article also includes a video that also shows the situation on site:
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Pictures of brown mud
The images of brown mud actually reflect the situation on site; the disaster is still in full swing. The operator Samarco must now answer to the public prosecutor.
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