| Title | Protecting the environment and public health from rare earth mining |
| Authors | Huang, Xiang Zhang, Guochun Pan, An Chen, Fengying Zheng, Chunli |
| Affiliation | Zhongnan Univ Econ & Law, Dept Environm Sci & Engn, Wuhan, Peoples R China. Shangluo Univ, Shaanxi Key Lab Comprehens Utilizat Tailing Resou, Shangluo, Shaanxi, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, Inst Water Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, Coll Engn, Beijing, Peoples R China. Zhongnan Univ Econ & Law, Sch Econ, Wuhan, Peoples R China. Inner Mongolia Univ Sci & Technol, Key Lab Integrated Exploitat Bayan Obo Multimet R, Baotou, Peoples R China. Zhongnan Univ Econ & Law, Dept Environm Sci & Engn, Wuhan, Peoples R China. Huang, X (reprint author), Shangluo Univ, Shaanxi Key Lab Comprehens Utilizat Tailing Resou, Shangluo, Shaanxi, Peoples R China. Huang, X (reprint author), Peking Univ, Inst Water Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China. Huang, X (reprint author), Peking Univ, Coll Engn, Beijing, Peoples R China. |
| Keywords | ELEMENTS RESOURCES TOXICITY DEMAND CHINA |
| Issue Date | 2016 |
| Publisher | Earths Future |
| Citation | Earths Future.2016,4(11),532-535. |
| Abstract | As increasing demand for green energy and high-tech devices grows, so does the rising prospecting of rare earth metals required for their production. Protecting the environment and public health from rare earth element (REE) mining as well as emerging pollutants is urgently required to achieve sustainable development. This study mapped Earth's hidden REE deposits to identify potential contamination hotspots with the aim of preventing its deleterious effects on the environment. We worry that there would be widespread tailing facilities concomitant with serious pollutions, such as the Bayan Obo tailings site, and argue that a tradeoff between the underground REE exploration and environment conservation should be reached as soon as possible. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/458497 |
| ISSN | 2328-4277 |
| DOI | 10.1002/2016EF000424 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) |
| Appears in Collections: | 工学院 |
