Speaking on June 27 to RFA’s Lao Service, a Lao villager living near the Xekaman river in Attapeu’s Phouvong district said that he and others living in the area “no longer dare to use the river because of chemical substances found in the water.”
“Last year, children swimming in the river developed rashes on their skin. And now people won’t collect vegetables and mushrooms growing along the river’s banks,” the villager said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“The water has been muddy for many years, which has resulted in a lack of fish,” he said.
“Last year I caught a few small fish and found mud in their stomachs. This means there has not been much in the river for them to eat since the digging for gold began.”
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/projects-06272016135647.html
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