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20 Aug 2018

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BBC

So. Africa: Documentary on how pollution from gold mining dumps is affecting local communities' health

"Polluted lives: The cost of South Africa's gold rush"

Johannesburg in South Africa has one of the world's largest gold deposits. After decades of mining, large swathes of the population are thought to be exposed to toxic and radioactive mine waste. The BBC's Sophie Ribstein went to meet people living close to the dumps to find out what effect it is having on their health.