Residents of Clayville...are locked in a fierce battle with [Thermopower Process Technology, which] they say is poisoning them...Thermopower...is Africa's largest hazardous waste disposer and a client of major companies such as Sasol, Monsanto, BASF, AngloGold Ashanti and Afrox Gas. Thermopower is under investigation by the government's environmental police...A neighbouring tile factory, Norcross, says it has had to shut down twice because its workers have become ill from emissions...Residents...suffer from chronic coughs, dry throats and headaches. Asthma is rife in the community...[T]wo years ago a Green Scorpions raid found evidence of pollution after workers blew the whistle...It is understood that Thermopower has dismissed the whistle-blowers...Independent consultants hired by Thermopower, Margot Saner and Lorraine Hodge [said] that the community had targeted the company because it was easiest to label "your friendly neighbourhood hazardous chemical plant". They claimed that Thermopower had exceeded the emissions limit once or twice...but that this had not happened in recent years.