The EPA accidentally dumped 3 million gallons of wastewater into a river and turned it orange

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The federal agency tasked with protecting our environment said it accidentally contaminated a river with so much wastewater last week that it's now bright orange. An EPA safety team released three million gallons of wastewater into Las Animas River in Colorado, NPR reports. Their original estimate, after waiting a day to report the issue, was a mere one million gallons.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.