Ground water

As the world demand for rare earth metals for electronics and lithium for batteries rises All of China's lakes and rivers are polluted to some degree. According to a Chinese government report, 70 percent of rivers, lakes and waterways are seriously polluted, many so seriously they have no fish, and 78 percent of the water from China's rivers is not fit for human consumption. China's Yangtze River, the third-longest in the world, is now so polluted that nearly half the people who depend on it are without safe drinking water. Residents along China's Yangtze River are faced with a deadly choice.Jan 30, 2020 Qiaoyu is from Qinghai Province in China, which spreads across the rugged Tibetan Plateau and contains the headwaters of the Yangtze River. Four hundred million people—more than the population of the United States—depend on the Yangtze River for freshwater. Just one example of how the west wants convenience is the use of one rare earth metal called indium which is used to make touch screens.