CNN

Global demand for rare earths is wreaking havoc on one of Asia’s mightiest river systems

Global demand for rare earth minerals is driving the toxic pollution of some of Asia’s most important rivers, threatening the health and livelihoods of tens of millions of people. Rare earths are at ...
EurekAlert!

UMass Amherst-led team finds rapidly changing river patterns in High-mountain Asia pose a challenge for region’s energy future

AMHERST, Mass. — An international team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has tracked changes in more than 114,000 rivers in High-mountain Asia over a 15-year period. The ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

Toxic mines put Southeast Asia's rivers, people at risk: Study

THA TON, Thailand: For most of her life, 59-year-old farmer Tip Kamlue has irrigated her fields in northern Thailand with the waters of the Kok River, which flows down from neighbouring Myanmar before ...
Reuters

Toxic mines put Southeast Asia's rivers, people at risk, study says

New research shows over 2,400 mines along mainland Southeast Asia rivers Mines may be releasing deadly chemicals into river water, says Stimson Center think-tank Many rare earths mines operate with ...