Bolivians clean tons of trash from lake that’s home to flamingos

Lake Uru Uru, once clean enough to drink, has been practically ruined by mining waste and urban pollution. But now, a group of Indigenous women are cleaning the Andean lake in hopes they can revive its natural ecosystem. Sarah Birnbaum reports.

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