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she says he is concerned about the collapse of an entire country. many are at risk of running out of food by the end of the month as winter approaches. and of course, for people the, they had, as you know, the possibility to get a limited amount of cash, but with enormous difficulties that we are having also enormous difficulties and them. i mean, an economy doesn't work without the blood. and the blood of the economy is cash. and so as i said, i think it is important to avoid the collapse of the economy. and i think the international community find the ways to do it without violating international rules and norms. israel's prime minister says he's held important discussions with the gyptian president where the 2 agreed to strengthen bilateral ties of tele bennett. met of the such as he see at the red sea was all to show shake the 1st time. and israeli leader has visited egypt in a decade. and it says the to discuss political, economic,

and security issues. statement from the egyptian presidency, said cc affirmed his support for efforts to achieve peace in the middle east. according to the 2 state solution, the united states military says missile tests conducted by north korea over the weekend pose threats to the country's neighbors and beyond. the north korean state news agency said the new crews myself through 1500 kilometers, hitting targets in north korean waters. south korea and japan criticize the display . lebanon, new cabinet has held its 1st meeting is denounced, a financial lifeline. the more than a $1000000000.00 from the international monetary fund. but, you know, businessman naji mccarty took charges prime minister last week of the 13 months of deadlock, which saw the country plunged deeper into crisis. there is a top stories to stay with us at south africa. toxic city is back next. now be here

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me. hundreds of strange mounds lie scattered around johannesburg, south africa's most popular city. but they on a natural phenomenon. they are mine tailing, waste heat left over from south africa, hugely profitable golden destry. many also said to be dangerously, talks like a wash with heavy metals poison. and radioactive debris, with experts, how french journalists must time to do is getting the content like typically analyzes could one night while he waits for the results he gets, i'm a serious voicemail message. hello, my name's i heard that you are interested in the mining legacy around 200, but mind while i was doesn't mental geologist awhile. so i would very much

appreciate if you can, if you can come around and we're going to have a word about it. thank you very much. the message is from a geologist, eagle club chic. after 20 career in the mining industry, he's now left it disgusted by the industries failure to had his warning about dealing with it twice. i'll tell you what i find particularly scandalous to take the worst possible material, which is uranium grind it into dust comparable to flour and make a whole lot of it and put it into place where people live. it is a cause colossal you bad idea. when you, when you said that women were you doing reports where you listen and that's fine. i have written lots of reports. i must have some sort of recording and answered emails, probably over over a 100. so after a while, you know, i was explained, look what you are proposing costs money. i mean,

1st of all you have to do the contaminates the land. that is number one, number 2, you can actually pump tailings all the way back where you got them from them with a just a few percent of cement. and you can get rid of tailing this way. you see it basically put it to normal. you put it back to where it was. how does that make you feel when you see the local community is complaining about their, their health problem? what does it make you feel like you feel like a murder? what we have done, like i said, we have created an enormous environmental disaster. if we let you know growing potatoes and we made environmental disaster along the side, it would be different. we will say, okay, we are feeding the nation. well, the gold mining industry do in reached a small percentage of people. so we have produced gold, which is the most useless thing in a whole world. it feeds human greed. it has no uses. and yet we have made and

probably one of the biggest environmental disasters in the world. so yes i do. i do feel like like a murderer. as eagles, disturbing, one thing can do. math heads back to see pharma, eric from goma. you go to the signs of radioactive poisoning. now the test results for the animals of being delivered in person by frank vendor. the johanna spoke professor of a foreign mental studies out. so i wanted to know about what we're doing. my name is frank franklin, the professor has come to see eric livestock, france, l u c. i. 7 the test results a clear material from the nearby mine tailings has contaminated eric's on the other line and uranium isn't the only problem. for example, manganese would be quite significantly elevated in your,

in your water sample over 2000 times. what would, what one would find in natural water sources? we do have, we do have nico being elevated a 1000 times of often they get this elevator 50 times, ends in as well, and 500 time. ok the most, let's say indicative metal for mining impacts that is uranium in those tailing. so that is about 10 times what you would see in a natural environment 10 times as much. so what do you, in the less in your water you did about a 100 times more than one would find just unpolluted natural prestige water sources in a farm surrounded by pollution its animals badly contaminated it's disturbing news. the hair of your goat shows the highest level of or so overall analyze metals. okay. you see uranium is

60 times 4 elevator, but all the lead is elevated to 80 times the meaning almost 100 times above. what's normal? it's the same was cobalt. the same was also next and a $600.00 times for nickel. but maybe you would, you didn't know and no, no. okay. alright, i can have all of the. yes, you can, it's all yours for you and you matter was us when elaine dow, at right for the fleming farm why life stopped die prematurely township. which hildreth have near a logical disorders and suffer from terrible coughing fits. but all the medical links between poor health and mining, so clear cut staff at this free local health clinic might have some among our patients is truly zulu. it's the 3rd time this month that the youngest son has to. and

the me when i was a little nothing my is not to go to stella because i'm going to know knew they will. yeah. for how you got your the baby has called bronchitis and i was into flute both. sometimes we see what you get a quote like the one that i just saw. she was having

a chest in drawings, coughing does, because it does something that you will see on the average. yes. the other day i have a number of cases not really should be like you are mentioning is that people who are leaving their minds if we get a lot of those we, i think definitely do we have to do a stunningly the south african state has never conducted a study to understand the impact of maintaining on the population. but martha can catch up with to listen to again, back in her township. at the foot of the mine and out collecting water, i get a good all right, very heavy. so you have to do this every day. this is julie shad

this chuck with her 4 children land le le mars. the bus i ramey is lena le isn't in as a single ally fuzzy. i will be able to play lynn. just i'm up on the corner. quintinella z jane. couldn't i couldn't laugh it too soon. they were this tiny cabin, provide some shelter from the rain, but not from the pollution truly zulu, and her children live only a few dozen meters from the mine dump. where earlier the master had measured radioactivity levels 28 times higher than the norm. she agrees to provide her sample to test what level contamination, what okay, now once i'm thinking that a new company, director of the institute for research and scientific expertise, stroudsburg comes online. you l toy doesn't mean you just walk in window,

you under the commotion pool or you know, just below me do our number. i don't know how big it is. think what i meant to do is yes. you could literally just truly you wouldn't go measure sure. to call my mom did i say right. concern. alright. let's should be more than enough. is your most excited you sounds good morning. my name is triple visors, demo linear, we're pretty sure we don't like this

official when i do need to know but all right, perfect. matter has also taken a half from atlanta and we match the little girl suffering from europe. look at us, but i've taken done. i still look beautiful. ah. yeah. and then more 10 in total from other residents living near the maintaining and sent them by express mail to professor penny in france. once again, they'll be a few days of waiting for the results. in the meantime, martin goes looking for gold. some of south africa, the most profitable export,

is used in the electronics industry. some of it is used for investment, but most of it ends up is jewelry. yet the websites of the world major luxury brands, a curacy file and about the sources that they're gold you know, for my insurance, should i get off know any of them came to respond to questions. sure. but it hasn't come to your majestic, really, cuz you don't know how good it was during your visit from us on monday. almost if you don't see it. but again in the community really don't want. i've been putting more money. you said to put it down. do indeed, not one jewelry brand agrees to provide details of where the gold comes from. military giving you call, but the only the most italian brand agree is the 3rd largest dealer in the world.

and it certainly seems to be using a loss of gold. it's time to go shopping. book res headquarters. johanna are located in fountain city, among some of the most expensive real estate on the african continent. in a luxurious shopping monet by the company displayed one of its finest pieces. a gold and diamond necklace, costing almost $70700.00. but again, no one seems to know where the gold had been, so we want it, you know, we do cheer in the gallery. you knew where the goal comes from. if you could talk about it of gold, gold, gold, you know, jewelry a, know i don't, you're thinking kind of surprising that you don't know where to go from something that should be okay. and you know,

the of the consequences of mine, mine, for example, the ninety's is when you're driving in the ga gov, but that's just, i mean even that just stuff i present myself anyway. thank you very much. you're welcome. ah, back in a world overshadowed by the way stump, the south africa, the vast gold mining industry. when people are gathering in a church, a tiny, the activists has come from table with you. so to have all the children who has company must have taken protest.

ah, ah, what has spread and even the national media present in the everyone wants to know what the scientists have computed and thank you so much again for being here today. i really appreciate the fact that you've come quite a long way to, to be here. run through the results cleaned from soil water and go samples. so then he calls out and struggle in charge of analyzing the levels of heavy metal was found in the human had that been gathered what they thought a lot on it. we don't always say, here's the other joe took the bill, found group dot all it sure was really additional job. roy would go back to

show you do in don't do don't do you guys so we just don't do this when you would have your call is what what you would explain. osha that god loves you. don't, don't know. i don't do to know one of you sit down cuz i want to respect was it really? all of these findings could help south african doctors, given attendance better diagnosis for her disease or yoga does eligible for your own people, which i don't think i don't. i don't those who i guess for sure.

if you get a little talk today, nick was taken together. the results and deeply disturbing the soil gathered by mouth from the mine tailings is full of heavy metals. the level of arsenic, 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, that contains 83 times more lead than those living far away from the mine tailing. and as for the residence, some of the children show $64.00 times more exposure to lead 5 times more exposure to uranium. and 4 times more exposure to authentic than the average french person will be sent to the tv in the car. so what can we do for

you about the about the middle school? if you don't do, do you mean miss separately? no, i the i don't think it was normal and this is not my fault. don't people that might be something needs to be done. it's been we've had enough of this man's exposing us so, so we are appealing now to everybody once again to make sure that you're saying that petition there was the what, you know,

we flossing because of the fish ever the but now what then documentary that you are doing know if lou needs to be, but people know what they've been. thank you very much. once again, my life as residents begin planning the next move, including a possible legal claim against the mining companies. nafta obtains an interview with the chamber of mine. the industry's association for some of south africa's most powerful mining consent from yours truly pretty you don't. 6 if there are some would mean to look at the mean and i think you should want to missouri. amen. eckstein to put it on the front completeness.

almost a 120 years later, stephanie mood out runs that we're going to nations and pollution department offering for those issues that the goal producing firms do not want to address individually or regarding the environmental impact of the mining industry. do you think it's it's going in the, on the right track on the good way years the, if significant good progress achieved the fall in terms of my mean company's dealing effectively with environmental impacts has the chamber of mine ever convicted human health impact assessment regarding the tidings mine tuning not not that on my way off. ok. so we've done some a some some smack time then shows her letters the same scientific analysis that he has shared with the residents back in the town. shad we we never heard about the loan. ok. what does that make you think now it's,

it's quite containing for me and i think something should be done. do you think that the mining industry that you or presents have a responsibility in these numbers? i think it is. we our member companies mine? yes, we do have the responsibility. do you live close to the maintaining us? why not? if i may i mean most of the it's, i mean most of the, i mean those guys, they fall in the table. the other way around. they choose to go in. do you think the people, the leave around the p d, stating this huge turnings around or do you think they're safe? they're not. they're not at all. there's a lot of environmental risks as well as safety risks. and why do you think it hasn't been clean over all these years of years to

something should be done for detailing that our own bell. and then when you, when you say something, do you think it's something where, what, what is it about eating the media, end of the had been taishan of those. we should get rid of these, these. i think we need an overall management strategy as the industry and obviously in partnership with government. the what does the government have to say? south africa, the environment minister declined to be interviewed. and his office said that the subject is not his area of expertise. the ministry of health, on the other hand, is very interested, but looking at blood leave a casting director of the national institute for occupational health,

1006 from the mentally. this is of great importance to demonstrate that the levels so much higher and that there will be negative health effects on the children. and really one of the real tragedies is that the study and why the money has not been prioritized. we need to make sure that minds and other workplaces don't him new, to contaminate the living environment for communities and so on. and you know, would you like a copy? oh, we would absolutely love to have a copy because you see be, don't have to be, we'd be, be, 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, and, and geranium, and go in more physical examination. do blood test to unit tests

and monitor there 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 goals from south africa. producing 27000000, 600000 tons of supplementary waste. more waste will be produced next year, and the next one and the one after that. there are still 35 years remaining of exploitable goals with up in south africa. how many move victims will have to be in that time? this will will realize that life is more precious than gold. ah,

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