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A great governor knows exactly what hes doing montana will begin lifting restrictions on friday ohio north dakota and idaho have advised nonessential businesses to prepare for a phased opening starting may 1st throughout this crisis my administration has taken unprecedented actions to reduce Economic Relief to our citizens while some states have already started easing shutdown rules including florida and they got like ours in miami and has the latest. This is in jacksonville in the north of the state and the citys mayor basically declaring that going to the beach and swimming in the ocean were part of essential services so those beaches did reopen in the last 24 hours and were immediately crowded by people whove been locked away for the past few weeks im not sure whether it was policed in any way whether people were staying in groups of 10 or less but this is really going to the heart of whats happening in each of these states is becoming a politicized thing Rhonda Santas the governor of florida is a very very close ally of President Trump someone who is also keen to get this states economy rolling again remember lots of Service Industry jobs here weve got about half a 1000000 people employed but there are people who are questioning the wisdom of opening things like the beaches when florida hasnt even peaked and its coronavirus cases yet its not expected until towards the end of this month perhaps even into next month more than 20000. 00 people have now died in spain from corona virus reported another 565. 00 deaths on saturday but the rate of fatalities is slowing earlier Health Workers in madrid celebrated when part of a makeshift hospital was closed after treating more than a 1000 patients Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says hell Ask Parliament to extend the state of emergency until may the night when the something we are contemplating a slow march towards the new normality it will be slow we want to be progressive with maximum precautions with markers and with criteria that can be evaluated in all territories to know exactly what the degree of the pandemic is to know the evolution of the pandemic if its controlled or not and consequently what steps we can take the British Government has admitted theres a shortage of masks and gowns for Health Care Staff more than 15000 people have now died in u. K. Hospitals from covert 19 medical workers are criticizing a suggestion by the government to reuse personal protective equipment. Turkey has replaced iran as the country with the highest recorded number of covert 1000 cases in the middle east more than 82000 infections have been confirmed a curfew has been extended by 2 days to contain the spread its israel will begin lifting its lockdown from sunday more than a month after it started some businesses will be allowed to reopen and controls on movement will be relaxed pakistans government has lifted restrictions on prayers and mosques jury in the muslim holy month of ramadan the remainder was made during a meeting of religious scholars and government officials worshippers will have to wear face masks and keep a safe distance from each other to prevent further spread of the virus. Hospitals in brazil under increasing strain refrigeration unit was sent to a hospital and now sort of this video emerged said to show bodies being kept in bags next to patients now says one of several major cities running out of intensive care beds including sao paolo Rio De Janeiro. Guatemala has suspended all flights carrying migrants being deported from the United States after more than 40 returned hes tested positive for the virus more than 230 deported migrants are now being held in mass quarantine. Yes they were headlines you got more news here on aljazeera right after south africa toxic city by fire. At 1st glance they could be the remains of an ancient civilization. Or an eye catching natural phenomenon. These strange hills surround johannas back. 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 africas most profitable industries. And within the life some disturbing secrets. Now it seems that heart wrenching journalists must time to do has uncovered the shocking truth of exactly whats in these mind tapes and just how deadly they may be. Sunrise america river basin. One of south africas largest freshwater reserves. Bridget corrigan is a botanist. And a specialist in the regions biodiversity. This is a very special catchment for a lot of reasons if its our unique biodiversity from not just the terrestrial but also the 1st one of our diversity is very special its got about 14 species of fish and a lot of really an demick 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. Thats 17 of them. And about 400. 00 in a bird species. It is a National Treasure and the north west doesnt 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 reserve. This is america i were at the source of america river. And the water levels up from big underground what to kevins at that point of the day the water is clear is anything very low conductivity which means theres no salt is not pollutants in this in the system its 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 areas subsoil which is full of Precious Minerals regarded as a 10 mining payments for things like. Cup a silver or gold in the region so does pose a risk yeah this place is definitely at risk and its 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 cant just get that back its not going to come back. So could the america river basin one day resemble the of a desolate landscapes left behind by the South African Mining Industry. Like these flat lands dyed red by chemicals. Or these mined tailings in the midst of south africas forestalling and. Some of them date back to 886 when gold was 1st discovered and understood motown culture comes back. From that point on the Mining Industry began to deposit its to breed all around the city. More and more waste piles of here. Often only a few dozen meters from residents homes. Some of the may look as innocent as sunday and see but they are mine tailings the slag heaps of years of extraction and digging for gold i dont go over there to scare. Away. The day it comes or is here a whole year its run as was the day i bowled in a. Because i was out to see ball a pussy ass would. Be pretty awkward 307 i dont even specialist. Sort of at the plutocrats he wants to drop his water from the course of those who decide to tear him to do. So. What does it mean for those living next to these dunes. Like yeah thats me. So does the wind come from the mine thirtys it flows this side of a rose this side or this side just like tiny dylan is a mother of 5 she spent all her life in the shadow of one of the largest mining dumps in the country its residue is everywhere. John the neighborhood has become one huge psalm. 23 to you a quote from the. Sun times yes your eyes become ok this is not if you go to detaining tim this choice is some make some chemical in it so im advising you today not to go to mine because its too big its unhealthy at the same time to go you must think it or. Leave it youre going d to. A few months ago tiny dylan mean he wanted to find out how many people in her neighborhood of over a 1000 residents were unwell so she knocked on almost every duel this house had as keith. This house here the model the owner of this house every chest full of this when you come here often here each and every man no women or child around here is coughing has appropriate of coughing as appropriate his skin some of them up only take from the man who. Says. He them i want to test in your question i will run off 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. Thats the south of it gets into off one week this past week the brink this that so that is why so many people here this is the silent killer this dust doesnt 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 if you. Look at that if. You returned this 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 ok and the dust from the mine peeps gotten this dust you pull your kid in the piece. 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 you know maybe when she wants you to go i say ricci she kisses him and she screams you know. They 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 yet i do know in days theres a pinto to them its going to be the only problem is that they are ashamed of their kids all and here and i dont want anybody knowing of my day kids in this situation theres 2 of them open houses in the in the same street youre going to have them there many of them you know personally personally strangers one thing that has made you only find them here this is actually centered it in my angel tonight today taking them to the to dig a little bit so bad if you go alfalfa any distance from here believe you me you never find this key. To find out whether the just 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 was closed. Access is supposedly forbidden theres nobody guarding the site which extends over 4 square kilometers while the motive for about 6 is being run from a soldiers each. Day then do need to turn the dishes. Was soumitra. Must take 500 grams of the sun. The dust thats blowing over the village below. On the way down he finds a green lake at the foot of the slope. Its used mostly to area gate adjacent farmland or residents also give it to their lifestyle sometimes their children even bay the net of this world will. Ok or if i can put in will do. For the. Paws of the news media have put it. Frankly linda is professor of environmental studies at Northwestern University in south africa getting to me. Linda is also an expert on mining the illusion the government the World Health Organization writes with his help has developed a scientific her took a test kit for different wood to pollutants yes so im at the bottom of the mine turnings theres some water all around i was wondering which parent those fish do you think i should analyze 1st in the water mining. Trucks translate to. Elevate. Ok. I. Thought it would seem recently gone by. So. Many dont but in point of missouri. It turns out that in the us youre going to get arsenic which is a metal. Cream you can. See. And. All the usual suspects if you put it like that. So i think. Just so you know it was. Says although. The maximum they were going to continue to pose for them. Its 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 countrys top 3 gold produces agrees to a meeting. With. Gold fields 8750 kilograms of gold was mined at the site last year. The team cant go underground into the mine itself and the company will only allow them to film surface operations we get all from the from the store. But at night you will see on the front end is numbers. Coming. Out including we are doing a plus minus 5500. 00 times. A day i mean we have reaching out on 300. 00 tons per hour depends on the order of viability and how many times on their. Door that you see on the still fall is what i mean at the plus minus 5 times but done thats always currently. Only 5 grams of gold for each ton of coal mind thats 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 killings. Nothing to make goes where we used to live i sit in the sun on sexual freedom i like to make those you know prices they know the order mega nice and silly god. I dont think so that c. P. R. So you add all of these together with these with the fall of. The last stages the cost at 800. 00 degrees celsius for 40 minutes. The end result told us. At 82 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 frances 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. Whats in there. What it is its. Well its its whats left over from there from the extraction process its the rock that. Held the gold. And whats left behind off the gold has been removed so its silica and other materials its the sand. And other metals but many silica is there any other metals for example there. Could be trace amounts but but very small concentrations. And some of the gold always there is your random sauce deep has very little youre on your minutes or so. Theres very little uranium. In the us in the stomach you. Will get really. Not offhand i think the numbers around about 40 to 50 grams a ton 40 to 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 the daily basis the gold from both of them. But the radiation 50 would probably be. Ok. Over time the waste produced by south africas gold industry has formed increasingly large radioactive heaps dumped outside in the open at. 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. Going to think that they were. That commercial school shaken too much was. To feel they would be a little bit. Also paul not just on the well you know office all the moves you want to take to sort of you know make sure the group on television i mean to depict it. I know my point of view to see not just here young men get much it even to be able. To do is it true that you would need to do risk. Deep within your she thought to go to the young mom and me. In a large wanting to join an. I dont is wrong but you dont want to do this with this point 3000000 because you know. And you cannot still go on theres. Been a zone with a country thats real funny as for. Just one. And only because you want to force the daughter to try. And they said. To you to find us. Do think it was only one tree for. Whole duty to close on a letter that. 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 linen above all if they last week last week. One month one months of all yeah 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 a. Eric wants to show us the most common symptom amongst his flock. They want to. Know as well and. Know what it must be. The next is the fungible one it is. A puzzle mine so. I want to learn. And i mess. So when you see these every day what do you think. Was the motion and. I would go and talk about to you but its just the bins. It seems as though erics 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. Just like you. 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 china factor or the instructor thanks for you but i. Must turn takes the samples to be tested at south africas council the scientific and industrial research. Here used the water from the tailings just across the state ngs it is used as a recursive water jesus Us Immigration and also for almost a drink we also had some more full samples train job was done with the store was contaminated as low made competitors and so what can you what can you look for years almost all of their dead and the man goes by did and then go to them and those like you you know now i am your lead you know what as in the uk we shop there in togs and can basically when. We need an expert to get them in order once we get them then and trays and go right. As he waits for the analysis time returns to the investigation in part 2. Of 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 your radio grind into dust comparable to flour and make a hill out of it and put it into place where people live pity is a colossal bad idea. 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Well this is in jacksonville in the north of the state and the citys mayor basically declaring that going to the beach and swimming in the ocean were part of essential services so those beaches did reopen and the last 24 hours and were immediately crowded by people whove been locked away for the past few weeks im not sure whether it was policed in any way whether people were staying in groups of 10 or less but this is really going to the heart of whats happening in each of these states is becoming a politicized thing more than 20000 people have now died in spain from coronavirus reported another 565 deaths on saturday but the rate of fatalities is slowing Health Workers in madrid celebrated and part of a makeshift hospital was closed off to treating more than a 1000 pages. The British Government has admitted there is a shortage of masks and gowns for Health Care Still more than 15000 people have now died in u. K. Hospitals from covert 90 medical workers are criticizing a suggestion by the government to reuse personal protective equipment like a stands government has lifted restrictions on prayers at mosques during the muslim holy month of ramadan the agreement was made during a meeting of religious scholars and government officials worshippers will have to wear face masks and keep a safe distance from each other. Israel will begin lifting its lockdown from sunday more than a month after it started some businesses will be allowed to reopen and controls on movement will be relaxed hospitals in brazil are under increasing strain a refrigeration unit was sent to a hospital now soft of this video emerged said to show bodies being kept in bags next to patients now this is one of several major cities running out of intensive care beds including some power in Rio De Janeiro quite a model has suspended all flights carrying migrants being deported from the United States self to more than 40 returning is tested positive for the virus more than 230 the port of migrants are now being held in mass quarantine all right up to date with headlines here on aljazeera and now its back to south africa toxic city. The surely his native fauna and flora are accustomed to bush riots but this season has been unprecedented landscapes usually left unscathed have been decimated. This bush tries season has burned through millions of hegde as a bland destroying the how the tides of many native animals some of these forests will take decades to regenerate and others may never recover. These baby kangaroos or joeys whole foods theyre now in care but for many animals who do make it out of the fires they soon face all the problems in their phone to cats and dogs and and car crash as surely as famed plants and animals are strong part of the countrys identity many of its species of found nowhere else in the world and the extent of the damage isnt clear again. For those who do survive its a long and painful road to recovery. Hundreds of strange mounds lie scattered around. South africas most populous city but they arent a natural phenomenon they are mine tailings waste heaps left over from south africas hugely profitable gold industry. Many are also said to be dangerously toxic awash with heavy metals poisons and radioactive debris. With expert help french journalists 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 your your. Money where your girls are heard in their mind well i would go to a man told you all are just me up for a. While i would very much appreciate your you know your time around me were going to have a word about it thank you very much. The message is from a geologist and eagle club. After a 20 year career in the Mining Industry has now left it disgusted by the industrys failure to had his warnings about dealing with its waste ill 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 when were 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 over 100. 00 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 contaminates the land that is number one number 2 you can actually pump tailings all the way back where you got them from greeks then with a just a few percent of cement and you can get rid of tailings this way israel basically put it to normal you put it back to where it was and how does that make you feel when you see it is local communities complaining about that or their Health Problem doesnt make you fear makes me feel like a murderer. What we have done like i said we have created an enormous and were mental disaster if we were you know growing potatoes and we made and won a mental disaster along the side it would be different we would say ok were feeding the nation well the gold Mining Industry do it in reached a small percentage of people so we have produced gold which is the most useless thing in the whole world it feeds human greed it has no uses. And yet we have made him probably one of the biggest and one michael disasters in the world. So yes i do i do feel like like a mother and as eagles disturbing would sing head must stop heads back to see farmer everett from goma. Hes going to try possible signs of radioactive poisoning now the test results for the animals of being delivered in person by frank bender. The johannas but professor of environmental studies also one of them aboard were joined by neighbors frank frank and. The professor has come to see erics livestock for himself. The test results a clear material from the nearby mine tailings has contaminated eriks foam and uranium isnt the only problem. For example manganese would be quite significantly elevated in your and youll want to sample over 2 cells times what would what one would find in natural water sources we do have we do have nickel being elevated to solving times of authentic this elevated 50. 1500. 00 ok to most lets say indicative metal for mining impact that if you were a new in those tailings that is about 10 times what you would see in a Natural Environment 10 times as much so what you what you analyzed in your water you could say about 100 times more than one would find it on polluted actual pristine water source of. The farm surrounded by pollution. Its animals badly contaminated and. Its disturbing news. The health of your goat yeah shows the highest level or. You see uranium is 60 times for elevated but all the lead is that elevated to 80 times meaning almost 100 times above whats normal thats the same was cobalt thats the same as also make a 600 times one nickel but maybe you didnt know if youre just going to say ok all right i can have all of the yes you can have. My was out of 4 now living in doubt right for you fly me. A farm when livestock die prematurely townships which children have Neurological Disorders and suffer from terrible coughing fits. But all the medical links between poor health and mining conditions so clear cut. Stoff at this read open Health Clinic might have some odd sense. Among their patients is. Its the 3rd time this month that my youngest son has taken an l. I dont know i think this is. The only means i let him use. Too much of this stuff was it isnt doesnt like it not to be good just that less is wonderful because of them dont know whose it was. So hes going to yours. Their baby has called brocade shes. 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 of the little dust because of the dust this is something that you will see on daily average yes you have been here youve got number of clues is not really there should be a study like youre mentioning is that everybody who are living through their minds if we get a lot of those patients i think definitely we have to do real estate. Astonishingly the South African state has never conducted a study to understand the impact of mine tailings on the population. But can. He catches up with the again. Back and have township at the foot of the mine down and out collecting. Ok lets go oh its. Very heavy so you have to do this every day. This is your house ok to leash as the small child with her 4 children. Is again as a single i live by the bible is a. Claim and im up on the corner quinola 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 doesnt need to is from the mine dumps where earlier i had measured radioactivity levels 28 times higher than the norm. She agrees to provide has samples to test what levels. Contamination but the response to that of ok im going through that it knew all along some pinay director of the institute for research and scientific expertise and comes online. To mean you know. Will come on tell you come on that is commotion to put youll be noticed even you know if you walk or security and you gale norton im just you know me. So me i dont. Know she. Is one of the sort. 1 of want to put anybody. See what im going to do yes you could fall and then there is this food kind of move. You put in culture get your lucky breaks yourself. Up there that they dont pay you well. Right if you turn. It all right that should be more than enough. For us and then. Just the more i mean you would put it. We got to be more. Like this want to. Go next. Or a perfect. Master has also taken to has song from the time to whom we matched. The little girl suffering from year old to suit a. 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 penny in france. Once again theyll be a few days of waiting for the results. In the meantime looking for gold. Some of south africas 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 worlds major Luxury Brands a curiously silent about the sources of the gold. Approach you know jennifer was full of those little. Nor any of them seem to respond to questions show that theres one of them called just how to yell matilda clearly because you dont know how good the flow of the lives can for the joe business on this one the more this one is of utmost importance she is really going to communicate but leave it dont you for the mother was was a good moment for 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. New delhi where you can you compose one question that always an. Italian brand is the 3rd largest jeweler in the world and it certainly seems to be using a lot of gold. Its time to go shopping. To greece headquarters and. Johannesburg located in sand and 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 indiana on the jury you knew where the gold comes from if you can talk about it its a gold the gold yeah the gold you use in your jewelry. Or you know i you know the ones here that are ok dont you think it is kind of a surprising that you dont know where to go comes from the directors are you reading me to tell you you know ok ive heard of the. Of the consequences of my own minds i forgot that for example the mind savings this is what you learned in your is better environment to learn to know better thats just sorry isnt better stuff ive heard of it worse and worse. Still hurt thank you very much more you will come. Back in a world overshadowed by the waste dumps of south africas 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. What 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 youve come quite a long way to be here must all run through the results gleaned from soil and guts samples and then you cools off and sap the name and stress plant in charge of analyzing the levels of heavy metal spout in the human head thats been gathered looking for someone to live we dont know it was before the huge tree of a go to clean. Unit. Was a very good as you dont know it was a hoax or it is. If you will. Surely was it is usual to girl weasel we should tell you who it. Was. Do it dont do. It. So sorry just dont do this for so forward when you would expose your post and go this was on when you were exposed to it with people who are sure that god loves you then dont go and no one of the scenario is because in the preview i dont think. Your ex was rule yet it really all was a big yard you know these findings could help South African doctors give me a tandem better diagnosis for her disease. Or yours ill be able to question. People which. I dont. And all those who are you with of course fill your ass if you need to. Talk to you next was a job and its. Ok taken together the result a deeply disturbing. The soil gathered by my 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 your rainy and 4 times more exposure to us nick than the average french person even jesus into easy to mean we eat is dangerous for it. Can cause celeb can we do. It. Looks to give us a lot usually we dont. Even know shed miss you know you for your. Money. You know it didnt really. Feel. Like the way. This is going it was normal and this is not all those people that are really. Miles apart still the scientists who can be still be able to say weve had enough of this mans exposing us all so were appealing to everybody once again from a shortage of saying to be sure there was a book is you know weve lost because of insufficient evidence but now were dead documented we really like doing know it would leave the universe be able to know what theyve been. Doing very much once again. As residents begin planning their next move. Including a possible legal claim against the Mining Companies. Matha obtains an interview with the chamber of mines. The industrys association for some of south africas most powerful mining concerns. When youre so pretty pretty you dont seem to see if someone they mean look at them enough and just shoot someone just the same as your eminence extend to print on you sometimes no. Almost 120 years later stuff in a mood out runs that were going to is ations antipollution department on string for those issues because the gold producing families do not want to address individually or getting the Environmental Impact of the Mining Industry and do you think its its going in there on the right track on the goodly. Yes there is significant progress achieved this far in terms of my Main Companies dealing effectively with Environmental Impacts our house the chamber of mine every convicted Human Health Impact assessment regarding the tailings to mine to things not its not that im well ok so we dont 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 dont know. What does that make you think now its 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 these numbers. I think in areas where our Member Company is mind he is we do have the responsibility do you live close to the mine to know. Why not even me. Im in most of the its i mean most of the i mean those guys they follow the table as not the other way around they choose to go and stay there thing the people that live around it to these 2 things to see huge paintings around one is producing theyre saying theyre not safe. At all theres a lot of. Environmental risks as well a safety of risks and why do you think youve 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 its something where what is it about eating the media in the we have built in of those should get rid of the yes i think we need an all vote all Management Strategy as the industry and obviously in putting up with government. So what does the government have to say. South africas environment minister declines to be interviewed. And his office says that the subject is not his area of expertise. The ministry of health on the other hand is very interested. In leave a book. Is director of the National Institute for Occupational Health 1000. 00. Fundamentally 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 at least one of the real tragedies that the study 2nd why the money has not been prioritized we need to make sure that mines and other workplaces dont continue to contaminate the Living Environment for communities and so on. Would you like a copy or we would absolutely love to have a copy because you see we dont have this we dont have it in and then we can go in with our medical teams and perhaps have a sample of those who have got high levels. Of these different heavy metals and uranium and go in more physical examination do blood tests do 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 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. And that still the snow is coming down across the northern and all these areas all the. United states this is a carrying away from the great lakes on into new england that is where the Winter Weather warnings have been however plenty of snow across the Central Plains this is denver this is actually some crab Apple Blossom and then across into nebraska laurel snow lying on the branches of this plum blossom but it will be clearing because the temperatures are on the rise what were watching on sunday is once again across the Southern States because we will be saying more potential severe thunderstorms developing and the developed fairly rapidly and push across much of the southeast that system and all these clothes away we could still see want to see areas of rain some showers maybe some sleet some lake effect snow coming off of the lakes towards the east. Across the west too on sunday but by monday that clears but this is what happens our system in the south works as weapons the mid atlantic and works its way steadily up the eastern side of the u. S. 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