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Toxic River: EPA’s accident posing a serious health risk

Crews working for the environmental protection agency accidentally sent a million gallons of toxic sludge into a Colorado river this week. The fear is that heavy metals from an abandoned gold mine pose a serious health risk to people downstream in Colorado and New Mexico. Mireya Villarreal reports.
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