Geopolitics
The Toxic Hand of Exploitation: Neo-Colonial Mining and the Poisoning of Southeast Asia's Lifelines
Satellite analysis has revealed over 2,400 uncontrolled mining sites contaminating more than 40 rivers across Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia with cyanide, mercury, arsenic and other heavy metals, threatening the health and livelihoods of millions who depend on these vital waterways. This is a brutal, neo-colonial exploitation where powerful external interests, primarily from China, are poisoning the lifeblood of Southeast Asia to feed their resource hunger, sacrificing entire communities and ecosystems on the altar of profit and leaving a toxic legacy for the Global South.
