For years, residents from the six villages in Tambon Khao Luang have joined together to spearhead the Khon Rak Ban Kerd Group, an anti-mining collective, to protest against Thung Kham Ltd Co's mining and mineral surveying in the area. They claim that the company's activities create pollution and destroy ecosystems.
They allege that they can no longer eat home-grown produce and need to buy drinking water due to environmental damage wreaked by mining. ....
Blood tests conducted in 2010 showed that residents in six villages around the mine had high levels of cyanide, lead and mercury in their blood while fish, chicken and dogs kept dying mysteriously. In 2012, at least three people - including Pan - had symptoms of muscle weakness, atrophy, and nerve disorder.
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