electric truck spews no nasty tailpipe gases into the air, meaning it should help create a healthier environment for your family and your local community. But mining the aluminum used in that truck is allegedly causing serious health problems for another community thousands of miles away in Brazil.
Now a class-action lawsuit representing 11,000 people living near the Hydro Alunorte refinery in Barcarena hopes to hold the plant and its owners accountable for the consequences of the toxic waste the plaintiffs say is contaminating the region’s water supply.
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