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Thousands of people living in the immediate vicinity of the former UPL chemicals warehouse in Durban face twice to three times the risk of developing heart and lung diseases (including lung cancer) after breathing in a cocktail of poisonous chemical fumes during the July riots more than two years ago, Daily Maverick reports. In a study conducted by toxicology and epidemiology experts at the Witwatersrand and North West universities and the Durban-based Apex Environmental occupational health consultancy - recommendations were made that the Mumbai-based agrochemicals giant should commission a series of comprehensive human sampling checks and long-term health studies. The July riots of 2021 erupted when former president Jacob Zuma began serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court over failing to appear before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into state capture. Looters vandalised shopping malls, other retail outlets, businesses, factories and infrastructure with over 1,000 people arrested as a result.

Thousands of people living in the immediate vicinity of the former UPL chemicals warehouse in Durban face twice to three times the risk of developing heart and lung diseases after breathing in a cocktail of poisonous chemical fumes during the July riots more than two years ago,In a study conducted by toxicology and epidemiology experts at the Witwatersrand and North West universities and the Durban-based Apex Environmental occupational health consultancy - recommendations were made that the...

health studies.erupted when former president Jacob Zuma began serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court over failing to appear before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into state capture. Looters vandalised shopping malls, other retail outlets, businesses, factories and infrastructure with over 1,000 people arrested as a result.

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