Contradicting Xavier, Fuziah insists groundwater near Lynas plant contaminated


  • Nation
  • Monday, 10 Jun 2019

KUANTAN: Staunch Lynas opponent Fuziah Salleh (pic) insists that groundwater near the rare earth refinery contains toxic elements.

The Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department said elements detected in the groundwater contamination monitoring data from the 2015-2016 Health Impact Assessment provided by Lynas to the executive review committee included nickel, lead and chromium.

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