For 16 years the Thai government has ignored the plight of a community where toxic lead mine waste is causing severe chronic poisoning - defying both a 2013 court order, and its international obligations. It's just one of many toxic sites across Thailand that need to be cleaned up - but the government's main concern is to encourage further industrialisation.
Thai communities poisoned by illegal lead mine waste The Ecologist | 22nd January 2015 News Thailand Mining Waste Toxics Indigenous Peoples Law klity-creek-tooth-brushing-cut.jpg For 16 years the …