MongabayArsenic contamination has been detected in the Mekong River’s mainstream for the first time, signaling a new and dangerous phase of environmental degradation in one of the world’s most vital transboundary river systems.
Satellite imagery analysis has identified 833 unregulated mines across the basin.
Gerald Flynn reports for #Mongabay.
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Dangerous arsenic levels detected in Thailand’s Mekong mainstream for first time
BANGKOK — Thai authorities have found what they described as dangerous levels of arsenic contamination in sediment from the Mekong River and three of its tributaries in the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. Heavy metal pollution has been reported from key tributaries of the Mekong for more than a year now, but […]