LIVEBLOG FROM MALAYSIA: Campaign to shut down Australian toxic dumper Lynas | Green Left Weekly

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Thanks to Peter Boyle at Green Left Weekly for supporting our work to Shut Down Lynas here in Malaysia with the following blog, please follow and Tully Starr and we will also try and keep you all updated. Today we head to Bukit Merah near Ipoh. In the 1980s Asian Rare Earths project caused radioactive pollution and health problems for the community. The rare earth refinery was shut down by 1992 but there is still a legacy of waste – this is why Lynas rare earth refinery must be shut down so history isn’t repeated in Malaysia!
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/56646

You can also view the live blog at http://stoplynas.org/

I am currently in Kuantan, Malaysia, with fellow Australian activist Tully Starr, standing in solidarity with hundreds of thousands of Malaysians who vehemently oppose Australian rare earth miner, Lynas Corporation and their highly toxic and radioactive rare earth refinery plant near this city of 60…

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