In addition, many wild animals are being killed and eaten by the Chinese. Inner Mongolia also has rare metals, which can be used for making nuclear weapons, such as Plutonium, lithium, and uranium. The Chinese have also built a nuclear base in the region. These developments have led to very great danger of atomic pollution. Since the Chinese exploded their first atomic bomb in 1964, nuclear fallout has been a constant threat to the people of Inner Mongolia.
Trees wither, the grasslands are becoming desert, and the people are contracting strange diseases.
The list of such illnesses is too numerous to mention them all here. Every time there is a nuclear explosion, people are typically notified by radio on the second day after the detonation has occurred. Sometimes notifications do not come for several months. Even the Japanese, who live far from the detonation sites, have protested against the Chinese government's nuclear experiments. They are worried about environmental pollution in their land, because of the nuclear fallout that is carried there by the wind.