The issue is under the spotlight recently. There is so much of sentiments spilled over this. Many people took a "Stop Lynas" photo and posted them on fb, also the interactive animations and of course the media coverage, People even brought it to the street last weekend. Not why, simply because we are being risked to put on the line of
There used to be a rare earth refinery plant in Bukit Merah, Perak. From the hindsight, there have been quite a number of health related issues as a result from the plant operation and also the produced waste which were handled haphazardly/recklessly, There was outbreaks of leukemia and also birth defects. Interested with details, read here. In my opinion, the ultimate extent of damage caused is difficult to assess, as radioactive substance doesn't die out fast, it has to half its life over many cycles to be infinitely insignificant to be hazardous.
Check out this video, feeling heart-wrecked after watching.
Some big men in the country tried to give us some forms of rhetoric that the plant will be run safely that it will pose no health risk. I have no clue what his comments based upon, but what I do know though is that he must have got a handsome "undertables". We all pretty well aware of the whole corrupted system going on behind the scene.
So yea, this is something which we cannot/should not put up with. Thanks goodness, there have been many voices up against setting up the plant. If the authority insists that the plant to be carried on, I guess our best shot will be to punish them in the forthcoming general election.
"We should not bring to our shore what have been rejected by people"!
Namawee has come out with some thing too. Still the same him, vulgar.
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