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Asia’s new gold: Sand mining threatens life on the Mekong

October 15, 2019

It’s an essential component of glass, asphalt and concrete. Sand is the stuff of which Asia’s growing megacities are made. In Cambodia, sand is being dredged from the Mekong River at an alarming rate, with disastrous results for local residents.

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