Eyler, Brian and Kwan, Regan (2025) Toxic rare earth mining is ruining Mekong tributaries in the golden triangle.
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Insatiable demand for rare earth elements, now found in electric vehicles, wind turbines, smart phones, and many other products, is pulling unregulated mining activity into Myanmar’s small portion of the Mekong Basin. Toxic runoff from these mines is polluting transboundary rivers that run from Myanmar into Thailand and then into the Mekong mainstream. People living in the affected areas cannot use the rivers for fishing, their agricultural products are shunned at markets in Thailand, and they fear their bodies are being exposed to toxins. Local activists say governments aren’t moving with needed urgency, and some suspect a cover-up.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Mining, Mekong, Tributary, Thailand, Livelihoods |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2026 07:17 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2026 07:17 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22558 |
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