girls as young. as close to. one woman is troubling to the village square don't live under age do you. want to just be. i'm comfortable in doha the top stories on al-jazeera india's drug regulator has just approved oxford astra zeneca vaccine for emergency use as the 2nd most populous country it will be one of the largest vaccination campaigns in the walt india has recorded more than 10000000 covert 19 cases the world's 2nd highest cases commemorations are being held ahead of the anniversary of the assassination of qassam sort of a u.s. drone strike killed the iranian general in baghdad on january 3rd last year so the man his successor is warning that iran is fully prepared to respond to any u.s. aggression. has more from tehran we've also been hearing from the head of the

revolutionary guard major general salim e who has been today visiting the island of abu musaab now this is one of the most strategically important military bases of the revolutionary guards near the strait of hormuz it's in the eastern part of the entrance of the strait of hormuz he chose today to visit this base to show the international community that iran is ready and able to defend itself when it comes to this rhetoric that we need been hearing over the past few days no cancers as want to majority in the 1st round of mischa's presidential election that means the 2 leading contenders. and. the will face each other in a runoff next month the vote has been praised as fair and transparent my interest has more from the capital. whether or not more people will come out to vote because of voter particular revelry it depends on how well they pass their message to but

this campaign has been characterized by petty issues of tribalism of racism but largely went without any major incident this pride the threat of attacks by armed groups but quote i'm from nigerian side and then i'll tell you that i still and the others on the group cannot and molly and border things are looking up good for this country however the ruling party failed to do what it promised to do to win this election in the 1st round it would have been the 1st time a presidential candidate won an election in this year for the 1st time without going into a 2nd round which means of course with this development now the ruling party or whichever party that ends up winning in tripoli will need to form a coalition of parties to govern very well the u.s. senate has delivered a significant defeat to president donald trump to override his veto of the defense

policy bill the senate that's controlled by trump's republican policy easily reached the required 2 thirds majority earlier refused to sign the defense act into law it limits the president's ability to withdraw troops from places like afghanistan and also the ability to divert military funds to trump wanted to use to build a border war with mexico well in 20000000 people in the u.s. have tested positive for corona virus that's almost a quarter of the world's cases the rollout of vaccines is slower than expected to it's nearly 3000000 people and it says more from los angeles. here in southern california where hospitals are virtually overwhelmed with patients emergency rooms are crammed people are being treated in conference rooms and gift shops in the hospitals and one a prominent public health epidemiologist said we are in the midst of

a viral tsunami the number of covert cases as reported by johns hopkins university passed 20000000 today in the united states since the beginning of the pandemic postbank said freights traffic between the u.k. and france is so far move smoothly despite only concerns about potential backlogs the 1st ferry from person to dock in the french port of calais arrived several ells off to the u.k. officially lift the e.u. customs union. an afghan journalist has been shot dead in the central province of course. who was killed when a gunman fired on his call he is the 5th journalist to be killed in afghanistan in just the past 2 months. those are the headlines don't go away more news on al-jazeera right off to south africa toxic city which is up next.

at 1st glance they could be the remains of an ancient civilization. or an eye catching natural phenomenon. these strange hills surround john is. the largest city in south africa. but their beauty is deceptive and toxic. in fact the dunes are made up of mining waste. from. the leftovers of south africa's most profitable industries. and within them like some distant secrets. now it seems that 100 journalists must time to do has uncovered the shocking truth of exactly what's in these mind types and just how deadly they may be.

sunrise america river basin. one of south africa's largest freshwater reserves. bridget corrigan is a botanist. and a specialist in the region's biodiversity. this is a very special catchment for a lot of reasons if it's our unique but a very thirsty from not just the tourist trail but also the 1st one of our diversity is very special it's got about 14 species of fish and a lot of really endemic species of invertebrates and quite insects that contribute

to the health of the sort of this river system. there are about $200.00 tree species in america. that's 17 of them. and about $400.00 in the bed spaces. it is a national treasure and the north west doesn't have a lot of these river systems a lot of the systems in this province are heavily degraded. the crown jewel of this not true treasure lies just a few paddle strokes upstream. a sanctuary hidden at the heart of the resort. this is america i we're at the top of america. and the water bubbles up from the underground what to kevin's at that point of the day the water is clear is anything very low conduct 70 which means there's no salt is no

pollutants in this in the system it's really very very pure. the water is crystal clear but it might not stay that way. recently the mining industry has become interested in the area subsoil which is full of precious minerals regarded as a 10 mining payments for things like. cup a silver gold in the region so does pose a risk yeah this place is different at risk and it's you know we would like to see those places as an absolute no guy for mining if you pollute this this area this this underground aquifer. you can't just get that back it's not going to come back . so could the marco river basin one day resemble the of the desolate landscapes left behind by the south african mining industry. like these flat lands dyed red by chemicals. or these mine tailings

in the midst of south africa's porn stars and. some of them date back to 886 when gold was 1st discovered and under a small town called johannes but. from that point on the mining industry began to deposit its to breed all around the city and more and more waste piles appeared. often only a few dozen meters. from residents home. some of the may look as innocent as sunday but they are mine tailings the slag heaps of years of extraction and digging for gold i don't go over there but. it's. the day he considers he had to do something different from his book the day i . suppose i was out to disable the p.c.'s were trying. to push for reform to somebody i don't even 1st question just. drop something for the

conflicts he wants to destroy his group of course he has a decision to tell you to do. so what does it mean for those living next to these tunes. like him that's me. so does the wind come from the mine 38 it flows this side of a rose this side or this side just a tiny dylan me me is a mother of 5 she spent all her life in the shadow of one of the largest mining dumps in the country it's residue is everywhere right. so in the neighborhood has become one huge samba to meet your. 20 kids that's 50 you quote from the. sun times yeah your eyes become sick if she's ok this is not right if you go to the taming tame this choice as some make some chemical in

need so i'm advising you to ok not to go to mine because it's very dangerous to only baby it's unhealthy at the same time to go you must think it or. leave it you're golden 'd. a few months ago tony dillon mean he wanted to find out how many people in her neighborhood of hoover a 1000 residents were unwell so she knocked on almost every dual this house had as kids. this house the model the owner of this house is a chest full of this one you come here and here each and every man no women or child out around here is coughing has a pulpit of coughing as appropriate his skin some of them up only to. the man who. says. he the minute that's the question i will wind up with a. question that needs. over one and

a half 1000000 south africans live in townships like this. at the foot of mine tailings mountains. that's the south of it gets into our 4th week this past week think this but so that is why so many people are here this is the silence. this dust doesn't just make people vomit or cough several children in the neighborhood suffer from severe neurological disorders. or who i believe you know for years you know it. you know i live it. is 6 years old. she suffers from a paralyzing brain disease are you doing well lately however her family saying the

tondo was born perfectly healthy the problems arose soon after the roof of the house was under repair at the time and the dust from the mine cotton specially this dust you pull your kid and the people that before you sleep you must face. that and everyone kids oh yeah a few weeks later the 1st signs of illness appeared in the years since the tundra has been unable to. communicate with her. when she she was to be changed. yeah and then she she kicks it is ok arrow maybe when she wants you to go i say ricci she kisses him and she screams no. do you know she has to go out say you want to. poverty has always prevented the family from being able to prove a link between attenders illness and the mind dust but they are no doubt if there are other peers like under her own i was the same symptoms same health issues yeah

i do know and there's there's a pinch out there there's going to be the only problem is that they are ashamed of their kids all and here they don't want anybody knowing our day kids in this situation there's certainly an opposite houses in the in the same street for them to have them though many of them you know personally personally strange is something they paid me you only find in here this is actually centered it in my angel tonight today telling them to do today they don't think so but if you go up out of any distance from here in eve you me never find this key. to find out whether the dust from the nearby mine tailings really is the cause of peace illnesses. must climb snake park hill. it has been abandoned ever since the mine with. access is supposedly forbidden there's nobody guarding the site

which extends over 4 square kilometers while i'm obviously on succeeding from a soldier's each. day so then do me a turn the dishes. with soumitra. mustard take 500 grams of the sun. the dust that's blowing over the village but no . on the way down he finds a green lake at the foot of the slope. it's used mostly to arrogated adjacent farmland or residents also give it to their livestock sometimes their children even bay the net of this world will. ok or if i can put in will do.

for the. killer. was on the screen you have put it. frankly linda is professor of environmental studies at northwestern university in south africa can see me. linda is also an expert on mining allusion to the world health organization writes with his help has developed a scientific her took a test kit for different wood to pollutants yes so i'm at the bottom of the mine tailings there's some water all around i was wondering which parameters fish do you think i should analyze 1st in the water finding. tracks trying to. elevate. your i. thought it would seem recently

gone by. so. many down but in point of misery. so there's a. and you can also think we just. keep looking back. so i think it's likely. that your son community college just so you know it was example of what that says all the. maximum and they're going to continue to pose for then. it's impossible to analyze everything there and then so must takes another sample to check for more pollutants later. but the tests have already thrown out some serious questions. after some convincing

one of the country's top 3 gold produces agrees to a meeting. of the total. gold fields 8750 kilograms of gold was mined at the site last year. the team can't go underground into the mine itself and the company will only allow them to film surface operations we get a lot from from the stuff. but i know you will see it on the front but there's no more. business right including we are doing a plus minus $5500.00 tonnes. a day i mean we have reaching out on 3 on a tons valid depends on a lot of viability and how many times of coal is there. so there or that you see on the still fall is what i mean at the boss minus 5 days but done that's always

great currently. only 5 grams of gold for each ton of coal mind that's a remarkable ratio. and it means a huge amount of residue to be disposed of. the precious metal is separated from the rest of the and then heated in these kilns. nothing to make goes there we used to i'm i sit in the sun that's still pretty nice i can make those you know prices they know the order mega nice and silly got. the concession that c.t.r. so you add all of these together with these with the ball. the last stage is the cost at $800.00 degrees celsius for 40 minutes.

the end result gold falls. at 84 percent purity each weighs in at just over 16 kilograms and is worth around $538000.00. goldfields makes 5 of these gold balls a week. producing 16200 tons of residue you equivalent to the weight of 2 of france's eiffel towers. the company has wasted human lives here on this he said constantly 24 hours a day by these pipelines connected to the factory. within a few years this hail will become another steep mountain of debris reaching up to 70 meters high. andrew passons and stephen joseph are its grand architects. what's in there. what is it's. well it's it's what's left over from there from the extraction process it's the rock that. held the gold. and what's left behind off

the gold has been removed so it's silica and and other materials it's a sand. in. metals but in many silica is there any other metals for example there. would be trace amounts but but very small concentrations. and some of the gold ores there is uranium sauced deep has very little uranium minutes or so. there's very little uranium and in this in the stomach you. can really. not offhand i think the numbers around about 40 to 50 grams a ton 50 annually south african mining companies extract 10 times more uranium than gold the uranium is then abandoned leaving behind radioactive mined tailings so the kind of control you do the samples you are talking about is on daily basis the gold

from. but the radiation 5th of may be. ok or. over time the waste produced by south africa's gold industry has formed increasingly large radioactive heaps dumped outside in the open air. according to official estimates the mine tailings surrounding johannesburg now contain an astounding 600000 tons of uranium the quantities are so high that in reality the mountains of waste should be classified by the state as nuclear installations they should be confined and secured and kept at least 500 meters away from any residential area but those rules are routinely ignored as here into the shaft a township with over 20000 residents.

of. oil bruno sherry ron is an engineer in nuclear physics and an expert from korea ratched a research association in radioactivity when i was i was government only. that commercial school shaken too much was. it would be logical also paul not just on the well you know office all the moves you want to take to sort of you know i'm a quidditch sort of group on television i mean to depict it. i know my point of view to see not just hear you and mom come up it even to be able. to do is if you did your and you do risk. deep within your she thought of us of a young mom and she's. going to join in our community i don't is morgan but you don't want your little girl does win this point 300-0000 because you

owe and you cannot sell gounder ticket for 3 years in a cell with a country that's real funny as it does you'll stay for. just one. and only because you want to force me to try. and they said. to you to find us. do you think it was only. 4. 100 would be too close only let it go to the. master has discovered that radioactivity levels here are close to those in the exclusion zone around the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster he follows the grazing animals to eric from

gomez nearby farm. era keeps around 40 goats and a few sheep none of which seem to live very long lead them up about if they last week that's week by 01 months and months of all yeah well yeah and do you do you have a lot of baby though most because of your. writings show then said as for success this is the. eric wants to show us the most common symptom amongst his flock. they want to. know is well. know what you must. but this is the fungible one it is. mine so. i want to learn. it. and i met. so when you see these every day what do you think. was the motion and.

i would wonder about to you but it's just the bins. it seems as though eric's goats have radiation sickness but evidence is needed. we are close to the mind savings farm that money will look really sick i mean according to you do you own or do you think we should just have some bowl of the animals. have to take 5 samples from 2 goats intended to be used for meat consumption including one who is blind.

i come up with the results of the trauma fatboy the instructor thanks for you but i . must turn takes the samples to be tested at south africa's council the scientific and industrial research. your view is the water from the tailings just across the trading. it is used as a recursive water jesus us immigration and also for almost a drink we also had some more stolen samples treasure was done with a saw it was contaminated low made competitors and so what can you what can you look for years almost all day then the man goes by did and then contentment i was like yo yo now i am your lead you know why as in we shop and in talks and. basically when. we need an expert to get them in order once we get them then and there is a non are going right. as he waits for the analysis time returns to the investigation

in part 2. as the shocking results come in he shares the news with some of those affected and comes face to face with an industry insider what i found particularly scandals to take the worst possible material which is you or any i'm grinding into dust comparable to flour and make a hill out of it and put it into place where people live petits a colossally bad idea. and a territory that's been under constant siege for 12 years. and in a state of perpetual conflict with its neighbor. women are swimming against the tides and challenging stereotypes in the isolated society. ringback al-jazeera wild follows 5 palestinians making

a difference. the new women of gaza on al-jazeera. ringback. latest news as it breaks the measures introduced during this way brazelton the 20 percent drop in the amount that people are traveling with detailed coverage for problems both one on top and all of those in one us out of our poverty rate increase in the soft clear from around the world the u.n. has identified $56.00 countries most need assistance what's worrying them is that many of those have a deteriorating situation egypt strongman is ruling with an eye and faced on the silence from his allies is deafening the u.s. was perfectly happy to trade off the march for sea for security while western leaders turning a blind eye when even the citizens have forgotten victim to his repression executions torture censorship is not acceptable and you won't hear such strong

words from let's say berlin or paris or london man in cairo on al-jazeera. route or or. i'm compelled and doha the top stories on al-jazeera india's drug regulator has just approved to oxford astra zeneca vaccine for emergency use as the 2nd most populous country will be one of the largest vaccination campaigns in the world india's recordable been 10000000 covert 19 cases the world's 2nd highest caseload commemorations are being held ahead of the anniversary of the assassination of course some sort of money u.s. drone strike killed the iranian general in baghdad on january 3rd last year so the body success is warning that iran is fully prepared to respond to any u.s. aggression. has more from tehran. we've also been hearing from the head of the

revolutionary guard major general salim e. who has been today visiting the island of busan now this is one of the most strategically important military bases of the revolutionary guards near the strait of hormuz it's in the eastern part of the entrance of the strait of hormuz he chose today to visit this base to show the international community that iran is ready and able to defend itself when it comes to this rhetoric that we need been hearing over the past few days iran's government is also saying that it plans to enrich uranium by up to 20 percent that is a significant breach of the 2050 nuclear deal but it falls short of what is needed to build a weapon no candidate is one of george z. in the 1st round of presidential election that means the 2 leading contenders muhammad and mohamed they will spawn will face each other in a runoff next month the vote is being praised as fair and transparent more than

$20000000.00 people in the u.s. have tested positive for corona virus that's almost a quarter of the world's cases the roll out of vaccines is slower than expected with nearly 3000000 people in oculus it post breaks that freight traffic between the u.k. and france has so far moved smoothly despite earlier concerns about potential backlogs the 1st ferry from britain to dock in the french port of colombia rived several hours after the u.k. officially left the e.u. customs union. an afghan journalist has been shot dead in the central province of core. mark was killed when a gunman opened fire on his car is the 5th afghan journalist killed in just 2 months. those are the headlines on algis they're talking about now to south africa toxic city. the health of humanity is at stake a global pandemic requires a global response. w.h.o.

is the guardian of global health delivering lifesaving tools supplies and training to help the world's most vulnerable people uniting across borders to speed up the development of test treatments and of that seed keeping you up to date with what's happening on the ground in the ward and in the lab now more than ever the world needs w.h.o. making healthy a world for you. to everyone. hundreds of strange mounds lie scattered around johannesburg south africa's most populous city but they aren't a natural phenomenon they are mine tailings waste heaps left over from south africa's hugely profitable gold industry. many are also said to be dangerously

toxic awash with heavy metals and poisons and radioactive debris. with expert help the french journalist must time to do is getting that content scientifically analyzed. but one night while he waits for the results he gets a mysterious voicemail message. i heard that your interest. money where your around. in a month well i worked at an environmental geologist me up for a while and i would really much appreciate you you know you're going to come around again i will work about it thank you very much. the message is from a geologist eagle club chick after a 20 year career in the mining industry has now left it disgusted by the industry's failure to have his warnings about dealing with its waste i'll tell you what i

found particularly scandals to take the worst possible material which is you radium grind it into dust comparable to flour and make a hill out of it and put it into place where people live that is a cause colossally bad idea when you when you said what was the only way you doing reports where you listened at that time i have written lots of reports i must have some sort of a record in emails probably over the over 100 so after a while you know i was explaining look what you are proposing costs money i mean 1st of all you have to decode the contaminate. the land that is number one number 2 you can actually pump tailings all the way back where you got them from grapes them with up just a few percent of cement and you can get rid of tailings this way is a basic you put it to normal you put it back to where it was how does it make you feel when you see it is local communities complaining about that or their health

problem doesn't make you fear makes you feel like a murderer. what we have done like i said we have created an enormous and we're mental disaster if we were you know growing potatoes and we made and what a mental disaster along the side it would be different we would say ok we are feeding the nation why did gold mining industry do it in reached a small percentage of people so we have produced gold which is the most useless thing you know whole world it feeds human greed it has no uses and yet we have made him probably one of the biggest in mental disasters in the world. so yes i do i do feel like a like a murderer as eagles disturbing would sing head master heads back to sea from everett from goma. his current century possible signs of radioactive poisoning now the test results for the animals are being delivered in person by frank bender. the

janice but professor of studies also one of the vote. but i was right back when. the professor has come to see eric's livestock for himself. the test results a clear material from the nearby mine tailings has contaminated erik's foam and uranium isn't the only problem. for example manganese would be quite significantly elevated in your and you'll want to sample over 2 cells times what would what one would find in natural water sources we do have we do have an ego being elevated to solace in times of authentic this elevated 50 times and zinc as opposed to 500 ok the most let's say indicative mental form binding impact of that is you are a new in those tailings that is about 10 times what you would see in the natural

environment 10 times as much so what you what you analyzed in your water you did about 100 times more than one would find in unproduced did that show pristine water source of. the farm surrounded by pollution changed. its animals badly contaminated. it's disturbing news. the health of your goat yeah shows the highest levels of war so. you see uranium is 60 times for elevated but all the lead is that elevated to 80 times meaning almost $100.00 times above what's normal that's the same was cobalt it's the same was also in a creek and a 600 times for nickel but maybe you didn't know if i had to know you know dishonest ok right i can have all of the yes you can have it's all yours but soldiers. for nailing him down

for you fly me. my lifestyle died prematurely townships which children have neurological disorders and suffer from terrible coughing fits. that all the medical links between poor health and mining and so clear cut. stoff at the screen open health clinic might have some odd sense. among their patients is . it's the 3rd time this month that my youngest son has taken an l. . ok. all right there is no. need to let him use. too much of

this stuff was it isn't doesn't buy it not to need to go to the stylist is wonderful because of them don't know. so how he's got yours. the baby has called brocade she's. i was just into school and both science sometimes receive worst so you get a child with a cough like the one that i just saw. she was having a test in drawings consider that just because of the dust this is something that you will see on daily average yes you have been here you've got number of clues is not really there should be a study like you're mentioning is that everybody who only lived through their minds if we get a lot of those patients i think definitely we have to do realize that. astonishingly

the south african state has never conducted a study to understand the impact of mine tailings on the population. but can. you catch us up with to listen to again. back in her township at the foot of the mine down and out collecting the time. ok let's go oh it's. very heavy so you have to do this every day. this is your house ok tunisia's the small shack with her 4 children. is again as the single i live by is a. claim and i'm up on the corner when i left is it a corner quinola feel good telepictures and they were this tiny cabin provide some shelter from the rain but not from the pollution. and her children live only

a few dozen need his from the mine dump where earlier had measured radioactivity levels 28 times higher than the norm. she agrees to provide has samples to test what level of contamination but the answer is to. agree that a new. long songs pinay director of the institute for research and scientific expertise in stride comes online. i mean you know. his cover will come on do you come and then he's commotion to pull. it in yeah if you blow it was he killed you gale norton i'm just you know me. i'm still me i don't. you know she. is one of the sort. 1 of i want to put in a really beautiful he said quote i'm into the yes you could fall and then there is this food kind of move. you put in culture get your lucky breaks yourself.

lester should look. at that whole box well they don't pay you well. right if you turn. it all right that should be more than enough. for us and then. use them all and then you would put it. we don't really want to consult you do you like this i want to. go next. or a perfect. master has also taken to has song from the time to whom we mad. a little girl suffering from year old to suit us.

look. this is one of a lot of thinking so done little. to look beautiful. ah. and then more 10 in total from other residents living near the mine tailings and sent them via express mail to professor pinay in france. once again they'll be a few days of waiting for the results. in the meantime looking for gold. some of south africa's most profitable export is used in the electronics industry some of it is used for investment but most of it ends up as drury yet to the websites of the world's major luxury brands a curiously silent about the sources of the gold. do you oppose you know jennifer was going to pull those that off. nor are any of them keen

to respond to questions show that there's one of them called just how to yell matilda clearly because you don't know how good the flow of the instance of all your business on this one i'm on this one is of utmost importance ships are going to communicate by leaving don't you know from the mother was one time was a good moment when the mongia federal police each of them to come from the city to indeed not one jewelry brand agrees to provide details of whether gold comes from. medicare and then who can you compose one question the always an. italian brand is the 3rd largest jeweler in the world and it certainly seems to be using a lot of gold. it's time to go shopping. to greece headquarters and. johannesburg located in santa the city among some of the most expensive real estate on the african continent in a luxurious shopping mall made by the company displays one of its finest pieces a gold and diamond necklace costing almost $78700.00. but again

no one hand seems to know where that gold had been sourced and we wanted to know whether. here in the national gallery you knew where the gold comes from if you can talk about it it's a call to gold yes to gold using your jewelry. and you know i you know the idea that are ok don't you think it is kind of a surprising that you don't know where to go comes from the directors of the material believe me to tell you you know ok i've heard of the. of the consequences of my own mines as i think out of for example the mind savings this is what you burn injuries better environment to learn a job or that's just are is a measure stuff by product of the 1st word where you know. her thank you very much for you i'll come.

back in a world over shadowed by the waste dumps of south africa's a vast gold mining industry. people are gathering in a church hall. tiny the activist has come to see or to exist by their drugs on people with you. so to have all the children whose has something smashed on has taken for testing. much has spread and even the national media present. everyone wants to know what the scientists have concluded. or think you so much again for being here today i really appreciate the fact that you've come

a long way through to be here must all runs through the results gleaned from soil and guts samples and then you cools off on some inane and straws planted in charge of analyzing the levels of heavy metal scroungers in the human head that's been gathered lucas i want to live. don't go away and i was born with a huge tree of a go to. be sure who. was a very good as your dodo. oh it was a. fluke if you will. always little blue should tell you who. was a shill to you all do it don't do. those who. don't. set 7 just don't do this for so forward when you would expose your posts and go this was on when you were exposed to give the people. that god

loves you then don't go and no one of the scenario is because while you're the parent i don't think. your ex was rule yet it really all was vague ya know these findings could help south african doctors give me a tandem better diagnosis for her disease. on down the. jars of people just like western. people which. i don't. and all those who are you with of course failure as if you need to. talk to you next was a job and you don't need ok taken together the result a deeply disturbing. the soil gathered by much from the mine tailings is full of heavy metals the level of all snake for example is $330.00 times higher than the norm the water is full of uranium $100.00 times the international limit

the goats are infected their fur contains 83 times more lead than those living far away from the mine tailings and as for the residents some of the children show 64 times more exposure to lead 5 times more exposure to uranium and 4 times more exposure to us nick than the average french person even jesus into easy to mean we eat is dangerous for. killing us. what can we do i don't. know it. looks a. lot but usually we don't. even miss it you know you can feel. them down nearly. all night. long and they don't need.

to know. i think the whole life. is this one moment and this is not my fault. people doesn't really. lose money apparently several of the scientists who can be sending us think we've had enough of this man's exposing us all so we are appealing to everybody once again to make sure that you're saying good position there was a good case you know we've lost because of insufficient evidence but now we're dead documented really like do we know it would lead to the universe being able know what they've been. doing to very much once again. as residents begin planning their next move. including

a possible legal claim against the mining companies. obtains an interview with the chamber of mines. the industry's association for some of south africa's most powerful mining concerns. and here are some pretty pretty dull sixes if. demeanor look at them in an effort just to someone just can't. soumitra element x. tried to put on through some 20. almost 120 years later stuff in a mood runs that we're going to is ations anti-pollution department altering for those issues because the gold producing families do not want to address individually regarding the environmental impact of the mining industry. do you think it's it's going in the right track on the goodwill. yes there is

significant good progress achieved this far in terms of my main companies dealing effectively with environmental impediments how's the chamber of mine ever conducted human health impact assessment regarding the tellings the mine 2 things not it's not that i'm off ok so we don't some. then shows the same scientific analysis that he has shared with the residents back in the township we never heard about that and i don't know ok. what does that make you think now it's quite concerning for me and i think something should be done do you think that the mining industry that you represent have a responsibility in this numbers. i think it is with our member companies mind he is we do have the responsibility. do you leave close to the mind. why not even me.

i mean most of the it's i mean most of the i mean those guys they fall on the table is not the other way around they choose to go and stay there thing that people believe are on the tape these tapings tissue things are on drugs producing they're safe they're not safe. at all there's a lot of. environmental risks as with the safety of risks and why do you think you've been clean over all these years of yes to something should be done for the tailings that our own. when it when you say something do you think it's something way of what is it about eating the media and of the have been tahsin of those should get rid of the yes i think we need in all that all management is the industry and obviously in putting up with government.

so what does the government have to say. south africa's environment minister declines to be interviewed. and his office says that the subject is not his area of expertise. but the ministry of health on the other hand is very interested. in the evil. is director of the national institute for occupational health $1006.00. 100 mentally this is of great importance to demonstrate that the levels are so much high and that. there will be negative health effects on the children and really one of the real tragedies that the study said and why the money has not been prioritized we need to make sure that mines and other workplaces don't continue to

contaminate the living embodiment for communities and so on. you know would you like a copy we would absolutely love to have a copy because you see we don't have this we don't have it in and then we can go in with our medical teams and perhaps have a sample of those who have got higher levels. of these different heavy metals and uranium and go in more physical examination do blood tests do urine tests and monitor their. the south african government will soon begin a major study on the health impacts of mining pollution. but time is of the essence in 2017 mining companies extracted 130 tons of gold from south african soil.

producing 27000000 600000 tons of supplementary waste. more ways to be produced next year and the next one and the one after that. there are still 35 years remaining of exploitable gold reserves in south africa. how many move it dims will have to be in that time before people realize that life is more precious than gold.

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