Gold Mining’s Legacy in Tibet


                          

Toxic mine water dumped into the Gurchu river, a Class II water body. [Photo: Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment]
Photo: TCHRD

Gold mining in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) is causing “irreversible environmental damage and poisoning of drinking water sources with cyanide, arsenic, mercury and lead”, according to a new report by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) published on October 4. (more…)


                          

                            

            

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