"Those rare earths were cheaper in part because suppliers were...

"Those rare earths were cheaper in part because suppliers were allowed to dispose of radioactive waste into the Yellow River that flows through Western China, SAFE says, citing a report by the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security."
-Untrue, they dumped it to a desert area near the river, about 140kms away. The west should be glad if they did dump it into the Yellow river because that would severely damage the overall health of the people in North China and makes China less capable of making an aggressive war with US. But they are not as stupid as reporters and editors in the west media.