{"id":2345,"date":"2011-05-04T08:30:26","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T01:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nano2.toolsmkt.com\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2011-05-04T08:30:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T01:30:26","slug":"china-pays-price-for-worlds-rare-earths-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/china-pays-price-for-worlds-rare-earths-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"China Pays Price for World&#8217;s Rare Earths Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two-thirds of the rare earths mined in China come from the mineral-rich Bautou area on the edge of the Gobi desert.\u00a0 <!--more-->China produces more than 95 percent of the global supply of these 17 minerals essential to hybrid cars, wind turbines, light bulbs and electronics.\u00a0 Farmers living near the dumping ground for rare earths waste say they have lost teeth and their hair has turned white.\u00a0 Tests show that the soil and water contain high levels of cancer-causing radioactive materials.\u00a0 Peasant farmer Wang Tao said,&#8221;We are victims. 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