Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has announced plans for a major clampdown on under-the-radar toxic chemical manufacturers and storage warehouses across South Africa in the wake of the UPL toxic smoke inferno in Durban.
Minister Barbara Creecy pledges clampdown on South Africa’s hidden toxic chemical storehouses after UPL disasterMinister Barbara Creecy pledges clampdown on South Africa’s hidden toxic chemical storehouses after UPL disaster by Tony Carnie, Daily Maverick October 3, 2021 Seventy-three days after dense clouds of poisonous chemicals billowed from a newly opened – but “unlawful”– chemical warehouse operated by an India-based agrochemical multinational, the government has announced plans for Green...
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