CHIANG RAI – Local activists and civil society networks in northern Thailand are taking to the streets and waterways to protest a growing ecological crisis. For over a year, illegal mining activities in neighboring Myanmar have dumped heavy metals and toxic chemicals into shared rivers. This pollution directly affects the health, water supplies, and livelihoods […]

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Four districts in northern Thailand race to secure a new water supply as arsenic and heavy metals from Myanmar mines pollute their main river.

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CHIANG RAI - The golden shores of the Mekong River are facing a silent, invisible threat. Recent environmental studies and high-level discussions in Chiang Rai have revealed a startling spike in arsenic levels across major northern waterways.

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