South Africa's Toxic Towns | Johannesburg: The Uranium Capital of the World (Documentary)

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South Africa's Toxic Towns | Johannesburg: The Uranium Capital of the World (Documentary)


Johannesburg is considered the most uranium-contaminated city in the world. Waste dumps from around 600 abandoned mines sit next to residential communities, blowing polluted dust into homes and contaminating the soil and water supplies. To get a sense of the sheer extent of the problem, Martin Boudot and his team of researchers investigated….

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  1. HI TET 120 BY BAYER (the liquid hes using to BLIND THE GOATS)
    Description:

    For the treatment of tick-borne gallsickness (anaplasmosis), heartwater, footrot, navel-ill, joint-ill, pneumonia in livestock and strangles in horses.

    that WILL make you blind on contact

  2. I grew up in Freeway Park, Boksburg right over the highway from a mine dump and it has affected my sinus tract and breathing over the years, I also remember when I was going to my doctor he said that since the ANC had taken over and for some reason the mine companies ceased keeping the tops of the mine dumps watered down that he had seen an enormous increase in the amounts of young kids from the area being diagnosed with Asthma…
    After around 1998 when the program of keeping the dumps wet stopped the sand storms that blew through the neighborhood were constant, you could dust the whole house and just a few hours later there would be a fine yellow dust on the surface again…
    I do however feel that you have only highlighted one of the many demographics of the South African population in this investigation, I can`t help but notice that you only interviewed and tested the poorer people that live on occupied land around the mines, as I stated I grew up in a working class neighborhood near a mine dump, in an actual house, on a mortgage, from a bank…it`s not only the poorest of the poor that this issue affects in Johannesburg…

  3. This is what happens when you have a coverment like this one and ppl who don't know what they are doing on the mine rehabilitation is a must….in the older days things was handled differently….but yes they eat the money let them answer for this…but they will win because they bribe their way to victory…that you call Proud south africa

  4. This explains why we have so many unexplainable deaths with young and old people. I live less than 3km to a mine dump (Orlando East), and the amount of sickness and death around is so common, that people dont even pay attention to how weird this is. I am grateful for science for making us aware of this.

  5. My grandfather came from Germany to SA during WW2 and retired from Harmony Gold mine, I am not proud, to say the least, Also lived in Johannesburg for a long time also near the mines and never thought they could be toxic, my mother told me they went surfing down those "hills" as kids, i'm in shock.

  6. It’s all political – a responsible government would enforce the law and ensure that these companies are held responsible, but the ANC could care less – they are the primary catalyst

  7. I lived in Welkom, Free State, for many years and believe my asthma and lung issues stem from the mine dust I inhaled. I never had health issues until living there, I would love to be included in your health survey / action

  8. Okay, first off, being a South African, i can tell you that the government will do nothing about this, they'll just quote socio-economic factors, people living where they shouldn't.
    Secondly, stuffing your samples into a South African Post Office letter box and saying you'll get the results in a few days? Not going to happen. The postal service here is worse than Royal Mail during World War I.
    Great try though, we need the world to see what the ANC has done to its own voters. They get paid off by industry and corporate SA, because the board is ruled by deployed cadres of the ANC. It's all political.

  9. I think we are all affected by this dust, not just nearby residents. Ever notice how there is no longer a city sky line the past 2 years? Murky dusty apocalyptic air. How did it get so bad so quickly?