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The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spill releases three million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado.
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2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill
Environmental disaster near Silverton, Colorado
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Animas River
Tributary of the San Juan River in the US states of Colorado and New Mexico
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