Rare earths mining
Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 7:36PM
stephanie in dirt, technology

BBC. 16 June 2011.

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As our dependence on plastic supports oil extraction, so does our dependence on electronic devices support rare earth extraction.  Plastic and cell phones: they are everywhere in the world – no place too remote, too untouched, too undeveloped.

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