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Residents of a dozen villages in southern Laos have complained of smoke and an ever-present smell from a cassava processing plant that has irritated eyes and lungs and made it difficult for people to work outside, several locals told Radio Free Asia.
The plant in Savannakhet province can also be very noisy – even at night, according to one resident of Manylath village in Xayboury district.
“It’s like the noise from an airport. It’s unbearable,” he said.
Vietnamese-owned Lao TTL Agricultural and Industrial Co. Ltd. began operations…
