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Dust, TB and HIV: the ugly face of mining in South Africa
2015-05-26 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Worried that his eyes and urine were turning a deep yellow, Gednezar Dladla made his way to a local clinic and was referred to a district hospital, where he was x-rayed, diagnosed with gallstones, and admitted for the night. Both institutions receive funding from the Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. A day later, Dladla set off through the hills and valleys of rural Zululand to a village near his childhood home, where a group of men played cards in the shade of a tree. The...
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