Myanmar: Lethal Landslips and Drug Addiction: Myanmar's Toxic Jade Trade

Feb 25, 2019 | Peter Yeung and Zaw Moe Htet, Guardian
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A controversial new gemstone law fails to address the hazards of an industry in which scores of workers die each year. Testimonies heard by the Guardian reveal a deadly environment where lethal landslides and equipment failures strike regularly, in an industry with a history of human rights abuses, corruption and environmental destruction.