Elevated soil and blood lead levels with increasing residential proximity to a mine tailings facility in Soweto, South Africa

Overview of attention for article published in Science of the Total Environment, August 2022

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The toxic storm brewing in Soweto’s Snake Park

Business LIVE South Africa , 28 Mar 2025

As climate change intensifies, a toxic legacy grows more dangerous in Soweto. Residents living beside an old mine dump face…

The toxic storm brewing in Soweto’s Snake Park

Times LIVE, 27 Mar 2025

As climate change intensifies, a toxic legacy grows more dangerous in Soweto. Residents living beside an old mine dump face…

Toxic storm brewing in Soweto’s Snake Park neighbourhood

Mail & Guardian, 25 Mar 2025

In Snake Park, the evidence of sickness is written in gold dust. Its source towers over the Soweto neighbourhood: a mine dump…

News story from AllAfrica on Tuesday 25 March 2025

AllAfrica, 25 Mar 2025

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