“My understanding is it is a living nightmare for the people of the region,” said Donna Lisenby, a Waterkeeper Alliance official who visited the area last year. “There is a deluge of coal waste pouring off those giant open-pit coal mines.”
The waste poses a risk to plants and animals in Ha Long Bay, as it could kill off phytoplankton, leaving other creatures without a source of food, Ms. Lisenby said. Heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium and lead could cause long-term damage to human and environmental health....
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