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  1. #China must hear #river warnings⚠️
    "🇨🇳embassy's stmt poured fuel on fire. For >a year, #Thailand's #Pollution Control Dept repeatedly detected #heavymetals exceed'g #safety standards in te Kok, Sai, Ruak & #Mekong rivers. Contaminants hv entered te #foodchain..🤦‍♂️ Yet te embassy's stmt appeared to gloss over tis reality.. Thai local communities hv long qn'ed PRC's role in #rareearth #mining in 🇲🇲.. 🇨🇳's rare #earth invts hv caused environmental damage in neighbouring countries"
    bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio

  2. #SEAsia’s #Mekong River being poisoned by #rareearth #mining
    "dd for fish is falling due to worries over #contamination of Mekong & its tributaries by toxic run-off fr Rare Earth mines upstream.. Rising demand for RE materials is driving an unregulated mining boom centred in #Myanmar to #Laos.. Mekong has long faced mounting pressures, fr plastic #pollution to #hydropower dams hemming it upstream.. experts warn tt toxic run-off fr RE mines cld pose an existential threat"🧐
    scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-a

  3. 'Lord #Krishna Lifting Mount Goverdhan'.

    This c600 AD monumental masterwork of early #Cambodia is now restored & on view at Cleveland Museum of Art #USA
    Recovered from Phnom Da, outskirts of #AngkorVat in Takeo Province in the Floodplain of #Mekong River Delta.

    God #Indra cursed the city of #Vrindavan by making it rain there relentlessly. The harassed residents then sought help from God Krishna who lifted the mountain over the city to shelter them.

    #Mythology #Hindu #Hinduism #History #India