'You are killing us': Mariana survivors face ill health, lost culture and a long wait for justice

When a dam burst eight years ago in a Brazilian mining town, the toxic mud swept downriver, crushing all before it. Affected communities are still fighting in the courts - and mourning a way of life that has disappeared for everMarino D'Ângelo Júnior regularly takes antidepressants and medication to help him sleep. A former resident of Paracatu de Baixo, a district of the city of Mariana in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, the 54-year-old says he has lost his sense of self since 60m cubic metres of mining waste flattened his town, forcing him to live in a rented property near the centre of an environmental disaster that shocked the world eight years ago.D'Ângelo is one of the survivors of the collapse of the Fund?o tailings dam near Mariana. Almost a decade on, the people affected by Brazil's worst environmental tragedy still await justice as they live under the shadow of the toxic mud that swept away life as they knew it.Trucks transport ore through the Vale mine, near Bento Rodrigues, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 1n 2015, the collapse of the Fund?o tailings dam near the city of Mariana unleashed 60m cubic metres of mining waste Continue reading...