EPA Knew Of ‘Blowout’ Risk For Tainted Water At Gold Mine

SILVERTON, CO - AUGUST 11: Roots of a tree that were washed with pollutants sit along Cement Creek on August 11, 2015 in Silverton, Colorado. Cement Creek was accidentally flooded with millions of gallons of mining wastewater by the Environmental Protection Agency last week, polluting the larger Animas River downstream. (Photo by Theo Stroomer/Getty Images)