{
  "id": 16528385,
  "title": "New Myanmar Mines Pollute Chiang Rai Waterways",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/new-myanmar-mines-pollute-chiang-rai-waterways",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T21:22:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/chiang-rai/myanmar-chiang-rai-water/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "CHAING RAI – A massive mining boom in Myanmar is raising serious environmental alarms along the border. The government of Myanmar has greenlit over 20 new mining operations in Tachileik. This bustling town sits right across from Thailand’s Mae Sai district in Chiang Rai. These mining sites are rapidly extracting gold, manganese, and lead on […] The post New Myanmar Mines Pollute Chiang Rai…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}