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1982 Bukit Merah radioactive pollution

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Without wasting further time in a long case that was affecting their livelihoods, some of the affected residents travelled to Japan to meet up with the highest authority of Mitsubishi Chemical, one of the company major shareholders, to explain their dire situation which was also heard by Japanese environmentalists. With Mitsubishi's intervention and further international pressure, the company finally stopped their operations despite having won the court battle locally. Mitsubishi Chemical reached an out-of-court settlement with the affected residents by agreeing to donate $ 164,000 to the community's schools while denying any responsibility for the related illnesses from pollution caused by the ARE related works.
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was the focus of a US$ 100 million cleanup that proceeded in 2011. After having accomplished the hilltop entombment of 11,000 truckloads of radioactively contaminated material, the project is expected to entail in the summer of 2011, the removal of "more than 80,000 steel barrels of radioactive waste
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with 1,500 people from the affected area present to hear the verdict. A temporary stop work order was subsequently issued by the court until satisfactory safety measures were taken by the ARE company. However, in just a month after the order, the company invited an American atomic specialist to prove
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With the company's refusal to stop despite the court order, the affected residents began to sue the company which evolved into a court battle that lasted 32 months and in July 1992, the residents won their case against the company with the court ordering them to close their factory within 14 days.
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where the Ipoh High Court's decision was suspended under two reasons, being that the ARE's experts were more trustworthy and asking the residents to ask the Malaysian atomic board themselves to withdraw the company license as the board had the power to do so under the Atomic Energy Licensing Act.
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also denying any potential health hazards and stressing that the disposal site was safe as it was built under strict regulations, challenging the affected residents to back up their claims that the disposal site was indeed hazardous. Despite the conclusion gathered from international experts, the
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To prove that their claims were indeed true, the residents of Papan aided by residents from the nearby towns of Bukit Merah, Lahat, Menglembu and Taman Badri Shah formed the Bukit Merah Acting Committee. The committee was visited by a local environmentalist group Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) who
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and smoke from the factory where they also had reported breathing difficulties as a result of the pollution. The residents later discovered in 1984 that the extracting company of ARE had built a waste channel to a disposal site near their town under the consent of the state government of Perak.
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showed his concern by visiting the site and subsequent cabinet meeting led by the latter was held to move the disposal site to the Kledang Range, about 5 kilometres from the town area. Following the third revelation, the federal government through a minister from the Prime Minister's Office
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Upon knowing that the state government were in part involved in the activities, around 6,700 residents from the affected town of Papan and several others from nearby towns signed a petition that was subsequently sent to various government departments, including the
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also found that the waste channel is not safe for the public. Another expert from Japan was called thereafter to gather further evidence where he found that the radiation levels were 800 times the permitted maximum level.
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the factory is safe to continue its operation. This was countered with the second visit by the expert from Japan along with two former workers of the company revealing several more thorium dumping sites in Bukit Merah to
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responded that the government had taken every precaution to ensure safety with the construction of the radioactive disposal site continuing regardless of the protest, with the Science, Technology and Environment Minister
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while 3,000 residents including women and children participated in a peaceful assembly and another 200 blocked the road to the waste disposal site.
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Asia Rare Earth Sdn Bhd (ARE) ceased its operation following increasing pressure locally and internationally with its factory being closed in 1994
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said the levels were still safe despite it being more than the limit, with the excuse of the number of sites being very small.
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government decided to proceed with the activities where the residents later continue their protests and performed a one-day
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businessmen owning lesser shares. In 1982, the newly established company began extracting yttrium from a mineral named
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It was decided that the waste will be owned by the Perak State Government. It will be stored as it has potential as a
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extracting company named Asia Rare Earth Sdn Bhd (ARE) was established in 1979 for
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Even with the second court order, the company filed an appeal case to the
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against the government decision. In 1985, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister
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at the open space and pool near the factory with the conclusion that the
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in these places was 88 times higher than the upper limit allowed by the
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After the 1982 Bukit Merah radioactive pollution incident, the mine in
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which contains rare-earth elements and the radioactive elements
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Green Backlash: Global Subversion of the Environment Movement
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In 1985, eight of the town residents including one who is a
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Ipoh High Court, where the presiding on the case being held.
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Vinod Raina; Aditi Chowdhury; Sumit Chowdhury (1999).
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Nonetheless, the Malaysian Prime Minister at the time
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and Beh Minerals (both with 35% share) together with
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1982 Bukit Merah radioactive pollution is located in Malaysia
Bukit Merah
Perak
Coordinates
4°32′47″N 101°02′49″E / 4.546337°N 101.046873°E / 4.546337; 101.046873
radioactive waste
Birth defects
leukemia
radioactive waste
Bukit Merah
Kinta District
Perak
Malaysia
nuclear power
rare earth
yttrium
shareholders
Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Ltd
Tabung Haji
Bumiputera
monazite
thorium
uranium
odour
Menteri Besar of Perak
Prime Minister of Malaysia
Health Ministry
Science, Technology, and Environment Ministry
Mahathir Mohamad
Stephen Yong Kuet Tze

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