Mixed views on health risk from mining waste sludge
Not poisonous says expert, while another fears asbestos or arsenic
Experts have offered mixed views on the potential health risks that could be associated with the sludge that flowed from the burst mining waste dam in Jagersfontein, Free State, into the residential area.
University of Pretoria civil engineering professor Schalk Jacobsz said the sludge, which swept away people's homes after the waste dam collapse, could not be hazardous because it comes from diamond mining. ..
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