| potential risks of the residue from samarco's mine dam burst (bento rodrigues, brazil). | on november 5th, 2015, samarco's iron mine dam - called fundão - spilled 50-60 million m(3) of mud into gualaxo do norte, a river that belongs to rio doce basin. approximately 15 km(2) were flooded along the rivers gualaxo do norte, carmo and doce, reaching the atlantic ocean on november 22nd, 2015. six days after, our group collected mud, soil and water samples in bento rodrigues (minas gerais, brazil), which was the first impacted area. overall, the results, water samples - potable and surface ... | 2016 | 27524249 |