Unregulated lead mining is polluting the waters in Tanintharyi’s Bokpyin Township, while locals say most of the money is going to outsiders or lining the pockets of corrupt officials.
This edition of Political Insider looks at the impact of rare earth mining in eastern Shan State and how the pollution caused by this unregulated industry is affecting communities in Myanmar, Thailand and the wider Mekong region.
BY Frontier
