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Article

5 May 2003

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BBC News

Workers file $7bn uranium lawsuit

South African mining group Gold Fields faces a $7bn (£4.4bn) legal challenge [in a New York court] from former workers, who claim they were contaminated by uranium and have now fallen ill.

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Update: Lawsuit against Gold Fields, alleging workers were tortured, enslaved, exposed to toxic & radioactive materials

Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa)