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From the Best of What On Earth – Electric vehicles need lithium for their batteries. But Indigenous communities in Northern Argentina say extracting this critical mineral is harming their water supply. We head down to South America’s 'lithium triangle’ to find out how mining for this important EV component could be doing more harm than good.
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From the Best of What On Earth – Electric vehicles need lithium for their batteries. But Indigenous communities in Northern Argentina say extracting this critical mineral is harming their water supply. We head down to South America’s 'lithium triangle’ to find out how mining for this important EV component could be doing more harm than good.

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