Eduardo Schettini Costa

Corresponding Author Renata Caiado Cagnin Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry and Marine Pollution, Center of Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Oceanography, Vitória, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Espírito Santo, Brazil Correspondence Renata Caiado Cagnin, Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry and Marine Pollution, Center of Human and Natural Sciences, Department of Oceanography, Vitória, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Espírito Santo, Brazil.

The Fundão dam failure in 2015 severely impaired the economy, the lives of riverine communities and the aquatic ecosystems of the Rio Doce basin in SE Brazil. Several contaminants, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), were transported downstream, deposited on the estuary, and released into the Atlantic Ocean.