Sunday explainer: 'Now the river is dead' – BHP's mud disaster

By Lia Timson and Peter Ker
Updated November 29 2015 - 2:13pm, first published 12:15am
The three water samples analysed by Tommasi Lab on behalf of SAAE in the Baixo Guandu council area, Minas Gerais. Photo: Baixo Guandu Council
The three water samples analysed by Tommasi Lab on behalf of SAAE in the Baixo Guandu council area, Minas Gerais. Photo: Baixo Guandu Council
Samarco issued this photo last week showing a clean-up team at work in Barra Longa, Minas Gerais, downstream from the mine location. Photo: Supplied
Samarco issued this photo last week showing a clean-up team at work in Barra Longa, Minas Gerais, downstream from the mine location. Photo: Supplied
Greenpeace and Get Up activists protest outside the international annual meeting of BHP Billiton in Perth. They want the company held accountable for the Samarco mine dam disaster. Photo: Philip Gostelow
Greenpeace and Get Up activists protest outside the international annual meeting of BHP Billiton in Perth. They want the company held accountable for the Samarco mine dam disaster. Photo: Philip Gostelow
Brazilians protest outside BHP Billiton's headquarters in Melbourne on Friday. Photo: Eddie Jim
Brazilians protest outside BHP Billiton's headquarters in Melbourne on Friday. Photo: Eddie Jim
Mariana Mayor Duarte Junior holds a meeting to discuss the future of the town. Photo: Steve Yolen
Mariana Mayor Duarte Junior holds a meeting to discuss the future of the town. Photo: Steve Yolen

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