Tibet’s vast mineral resources are necessary for China’s environmental growth, but Tibetan activists say Chinese mining activities have not taken environmental protections seriously, resulting in degradation and pollution of water sources.
“Large-scale mining of several major deposits of copper, gold, and silver is rapidly scaling up in several areas, all close to major Tibetan and Asian rivers,” Radio Free Asia quoted Australia-based Tibet environmental expert Gabriel Lafitte as saying.
“Those rivers have been found by scientific baseline survey to naturally carry high levels of heavy metals,” Lafitte said. With China increasing unsafe mining operations, it “will only increase the danger of toxic runoff,” he added
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