The Downstream Effects of China's Rare Earth Mining
Bundit Pantarakon is located along the Sai river in Mai Sai, where the Thai Army is constructing flood control barriers along the river that marks the border between Thailand and Myanmar.
Sediment is building up on San Francisco Creek, complicating flood control effors
"Recent higher flows in the creek have not moved this mound at all, and now there's vegetation growing on it. So we think it's pretty stuck there," Project Manager Deanean Ni said.