CHIANG RAI – Thai and Myanmar citizens are desperately sounding the alarm over a growing environmental catastrophe. Toxic runoff from heavy rare earth mining at Myanmar’s headwaters is severely poisoning major international waterways. This lethal chemical pollution flows directly into the Kok, Sai, Ruak, and Mekong rivers. Despite mounting public outrage, the “Anutin 2” government […]

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Local activists and communities are coming together to demand action against heavy metal pollution pouring in from unregulated border mines in Myanmar.

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CHIANG RAI - The Community Rights Network, together with a coalition of groups working to protect the Kok, Sai, Ruak, Mekong, and Salween rivers, have file a petition backed by more than 200 people .

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