Uranium exposure from mining operations, fly-ash from coal-fired thermal plants and other activities poses a real threat to unborn foetuses, children and pregnant woman. Many adults struggle with significant health challenges as a result of exposure to uranium.

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The water on the Left is AMD, flowing directly, untreated into the hippodam in the Krugersdorp Game Reserve – not the bright yellow colour of the iron and uranium in the water. The water on the Right side on the photo, is a fawn-coloured brown – this water is water treated with a buffering medium – calcium carbonate – the pH of the water on the Left is 2.6 and on the right as high as 9 – 10. Rand Uranium concedes that they can’t get the pH corrected. They manage to raise the pH further upstream, but by the time the two streams merge, the pH is totally out of control again!