Chiang Rai’s Rivers Threatened By Arsenic Contamination From Myanmar Gold Mines

"Rome" leads the Security Committee to look at the toxic problem of Kok River, shocked to find high levels of arsenic and lead in both Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, urging the government to use foreign affairs to solve the problem of Chinese gold mines in the Wa-influenced area on the Myanmar side.

Chiang Rai’s Rivers Threatened By Arsenic Contamination From Myanmar Gold Mines

CHIANG RAI – Authorities in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, are urgently investigating elevated levels of arsenic and other heavy metals detected in the Mae Kok, Sai, Ruak, and Mekong rivers. This toxin, along with mercury, zinc, and other harmful metals, has been traced to gold mining operations upstream run by Chinese interests with support […] The post Chiang Rai’s Rivers Threatened By Arsenic Contamination from Myanmar Gold Mines fir…

Valcambi leaves the Swiss Better Gold Association (SBGA). The Ticino specialist in precious metal refining considers the continuation of activities with the organisation inappropriate. This entity from Swiss actors in the sector promotes an improvement of working and living conditions in small gold mines.