(par 7.4.2.1.3) Playing in the shadow of asbestos mine dumps

Playing in the shadow of asbestos mine dumps http://mg.co.za/article/2014-09-04-playing-in-the-shadow-of-asbestos-mine-dumps 05 Sep 2014 00:00Tina Weavind A ministry is caring for Swazi Aids orphans in the abandoned mining town of Bulembu in northern Swaziland, despite health warnings. The word asbestos can clear a room, but in the case of Bulembu – a small town in northern Swaziland […]

(par 7.4.2.1.3) Ozone depletion (taken from Wikipedia)

Ozone depletion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_depletion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Image of the largest Antarctic ozone hole ever recorded (September 2006), over the Southern pole Ozone depletion describes two distinct but related phenomena observed since the late 1970s: a steady decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth‘sstratosphere (the ozone layer), and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric […]

(par 7.4.2.1.3) Johannesburg’s Appalling Air Quality – Sasol and Eskom

South Africa: Johannesburg’s Appalling Air Quality – We Can’t Let Sasol and Eskom Off the Hook http://allafrica.com/stories/201408191058.html?viewall=1 Analysis By Glenn Ashton The air in the interior of South Africa is amongst some of the most polluted in the world. It is killing our people. We see photographs and reports of air pollution in China and […]