MIT spinoff secures $75M after 'industrial accident' halts Brazil metal production

Boston Metal expects to bring its Brazilian site back online in the fourth quarter. The company laid off more than 70 people ...
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In Brazil, mining giant Vale is sued over metal contamination found in Indigenous peoples

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office is suing the giant mining company Vale, the Brazilian government and the Amazon state of Para over heavy metal contamination in the bodies ...
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Brazil natural landscape degradation drives toxic metal buildup in bats

Bats play a crucial role in tropical regions as pollinators, seed dispersers and agricultural pest controllers. But they are exposed to a wide range of threats, pollution among them. Two recent papers ...
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In Brazil, mining giant Vale is sued over metal contamination found in Indigenous peoples

FILE - An activist covered in mud poses with a sign that reads Vale assassin during a demonstration in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano ...