Kelantan red rivers: Expert says couldn't look victims in the eye

After reviewing blood test results from six Orang Asli living downstream from iron ore mines in Kelantan, chemical health expert Vivien How struggled to meet the gaze of the affected community when she met them in person.

As users or beneficiaries of iron ore products, like a homeowner, How felt a sense of responsibility for the fate of this Temiar community, should it be found that the mines were behind the heavy metal poisoning.