Asthma

Ongoing investigations linked to SA Steel Mills

Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining pollution

After 60 years of air pollution by oil refineries, it will take Wentworth residents at least two generations to reverse epigenetic changes.

Mining areas on the West Rand are ecologically dead because of poor rehabilitation

Years of poor maintenance at Engen’s Durban plant caused pollution and December explosion

The Right2Know Campaign has been allowed to join a court case against Engen, which used the Regulation of Gatherings Act to ban protests outside its Durban refinery

Here are the implications the Australian fires might have on tennis players as they gear up for the first grand slam of the new decade

Boipatong struggles to breathe and residents say the steel mill is to blame. But ArcelorMittal says it is not responsible for their health problems.

Respiratory illnesses are taking their toll on South Durban residents, but petrochemical firms deny culpability and won’t cough up for health costs.

Climate change and increased temperatures will make asthma one of the biggest medical challenges of this century, say experts.

Extensive research on children is ringing alarm bells about allergies.

‘You can control your asthma" — that was the upbeat message on World Asthma Day 2011, celebrated on May 3.