'A never-ending fight': cancer and diabetes cases soar in wake of Mariana dam disaster

The poisoning of the Doce River is affecting Indigenous communities who, while still waiting for justice, are seeing an increase in illnesses barely heard of before the disasterOn 5 November 2015, Rondon Felix Viana's life changed for ever. On that day the Fund?o tailings dam near the city of Mariana burst, unleashing 60m cubic metres of toxic waste that flowed more than 600km down the Doce River into the sea, obliterating everything in its path. It was Brazil's worst environmental disaster.Nineteen people died and thousands were made homeless as the waste buried villages. The livelihoods of hundreds of thousands more people were affected. Eight years on, the impact of the disaster continues. Continue reading...