An assessment of the extent of environmental mercury contamination in the vicinity of Thor Chemicals, Cato Ridge, Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa and the subsequent health risk communities consuming fish in the area are exposed to
Environmental mercury pollution of the Valley of a Thousand Hills area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in particular the river system below the Thor Chemicals mercury recycling plant, has been a topic of heated debate for a number of years. Thor Chemicals was established as a mercury recycling plant...
Main Author: | Oosthuizen, Jacques De Villiers |
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Other Authors: | Ehrlich, Rodney I |
Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26935 |
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