This June 2005 video by Journeyman TV was uploaded to YouTube on 28 Jan 2008 - International steel magnate Samancor is charged with putting profits before workers' rights. Former employees at their Johannesburg plant are dying from manganese poisoning. Selected quotes from the video by Susan Tager, a Neurologist: Any person working with manganese from the time that is mined until it is processed is at risk. Once the person has inhaled a large amount of it, it gets absorbed into the … [Read more...] about The Consequences of Lethal Exposure to Manganese Ore Dust
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Dead in the Water – Dolphins and Orcas
Algoa Bay has a high concentration of dolphins, leading to the recent claim of being the Bottle Nose Dolphin Capital of the world. It goes to show then that if we have a high concentration of dolphins then we will attract a high concentration of predators who prefer to snack on dolphins - Orcas. Orcas (Killer whales) are actually members of the dolphin family. Some feed exclusively on fish, while others hunt marine mammals such as seals and dolphins. They have been known to attack baleen … [Read more...] about Dead in the Water – Dolphins and Orcas
Kudos to Port of Port Elizabeth – No Manganese Ore Dust Cloud for two days
Kudos to the Port of Port Elizabeth as, during this past weekend's PEoples Port Festival hosted by the Port, it appeared that the loading of Manganese Ore into the 188.99m cargo vessel, Serene Sky, had been halted - probably at considerable cost to the Port during the well attended festival. On Saturday 25 March 2017 the manganese ore loading gantries were silent right up until nightfall when loading began again in windless conditions under the cover of darkness. On Sunday the Manganese … [Read more...] about Kudos to Port of Port Elizabeth – No Manganese Ore Dust Cloud for two days
