A visit to the artificial lake in Baotou in Inner Mongolia - the dumping ground for radioactive, toxic waste from the city’s rare earth mineral refineries. The byproduct of creating materials used to do everything from make magnets for wind turbines to polishing iPhones to make them nice and shiny.
Watch as Unknown Fields expedition leader Liam Young collects a sample of toxic clay to use in a forthcoming art project...
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Clean energy’s dirty secret: the pond in China filled with toxic leftovers