US anti-pollution workers turn river orange in toxic spill

Monday, August 10, 2015 - 11:31 in Earth & Climate

Workers from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accidentally triggered a massive release of toxic waste from an old gold mine that sent about three million gallons of polluted water into a Colorado river, turning it orange.

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