Mercury

Out of poverty people have turned to illegal mining, destroying not only the forests but also farmlands and waterways

Marcos Orellana noted the poor disposal of waste and hazardous substances, the wide use of pesticides and weak enforcement of regulations

African countries generate the lowest rates of electronic waste, but have a recycling rate of less than one percent, according to a new UN report

The effect of illegal mining includes sabotaged pipelines that contaminate the environment, illegal water usage, sinkholes, underground fires and explosions

‘In only one sector, according to the magazine, does Mercury retrograde push into the positive: the friendship sector’

This is the second time in as many weeks that prominent journalists have been called “Stratcom agents” without any proof

‘Khumalo knew the legislature, and the people in it, like the back of his hand, finessing documents and politicians with ease and grace’

People who use creams to lighten their skin risk causing lasting damage to their bodies and nervous systems.

The Obama administration has reversed US policy by calling for a treaty to cut mercury pollution, described as the world’s gravest chemical problem.

Water coming out of Durban’s taps is safe to drink and residents do not need to fear reported mercury contamination at Inanda Dam, say authorities.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to the Public Protector to complain about the Health Department’s advertisements placed in various newspapers last week to protest…

Full-colour advertisements placed in a number of national newspapers on Friday by the Health Department defending its Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, were a waste of…