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Rare earth extraction: China faces substantial environmental cost

China has been exploiting its vast rare earth resources for three decades, generating an exorbitant environmental cost.

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This intensive extraction leads to soil degradation, water pollution, and massive gas emissions.

The price of this mineral wealth reveals the ecological and health limits of global dependence on Chinese resources.

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