Thai river turns orange as dangerous toxins from Myanmar mines flush downstream

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Dangerous levels of arsenic have been detected in a northern Thai river that has been contaminated by chemicals used in mines across the border in Myanmar. Images of the orange-yellow waters have been widely shared online, sparking warnings from local environmentalists that the toxic sediment threatens to unleash an unprecedented ecological disaster on Thailand’s waterways.