May be we are the origin

From smart phones to hybrid vehicles to cordless power drills, devices we all desire are made with a pinch of rare earths.(National Geography March 2011)

I can't resist to write this historical green event in Malaysia. We all say NO to Lynas an Ausralia mining company which built a refining site in Kuantan. There is no transparency in approving this company's operation and it is offered a 12-year tax exemption.In addition, there is no proper policies for the radioactive dumping wastes.Credit to this green tragedy, I now understand what is rare earth, what it is used for through National Geography in library n also its featured article. Rare earth is a very important material used in electronic manufacturing include our daily needed cell phone, computer and even car or batteries. This material exists in almost everything around us especially in this technology-based era.

Our country once had been the victim of the mining factory of rare earth. It was located in Bukit Merah, Perak. It is heart-wrenching to know there are some former workers bear the effect like giving birth of defect babies, having leukemia. The land is severely polluted. We paid our health n lands for the money.

Therefore, this time people are more educated n civilised. We protect our rights,our lands,n our home. There is a hot wave in defensing Lynas. There are videos,short films,pictures and peaceful demonstration to voice out our strong opposition for Lynas. Thanks God, we are aware of that.

Back to the origin, who needs technology?Human. Who needs rare earth?Human.Who want to be healthy?Human. We want to enjoy the life from the tip to the toes. We want convenience. We want the most advanced technology to make life easier. The price is paid by sacrificing our mother earth,by sacrificing the helpless to do the hazardous laboring n we enjoy the delicate life.

I hope Lynas will finally retrieve from our country and our protesting voices can be heard. And I also hope that the world can stop developing.It's enough. Today, this tragedy happens in Malaysia, what if it happens in a poor country?I cannot stop something outside my control, but I will do what I can do. We create more and we need to pay more. It's a worthless transaction. What we dump into the world, they will come back to us eventually (quotes from a Dr). Be aware of the state of the whole world. We are co-existing with the earth.