stackyFACTSFlowing completely red due to intense acidity makes for deeply terrible drinking water. The Rio Tinto dissolves heavy metals from the soil, turning the current into a toxic, rusty sludge. Only extreme microscopic extremophiles dare to call this corrosive environment home.
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