Why Klip River’s pollution crisis cannot be ignored – The Mail & Guardian

Poisonous: Solomon Mabena does his cleansing ritual in the cancer-causing, hormone-disrupting, neurologically damaging Klip River. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Researchers have uncovered cancer-causing chemicals in the sediment of the river that runs through Soweto and into the Vaal River

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