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North Coast Air Crisis: The Data Government Never Collected | Paolo Del Fabbro from Communities Against Pollution (CAP)

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North Coast Air Crisis: The Data Government Never Collected | Paolo Del Fabbro from Communities Against Pollution (CAP) has spent three years measuring the air quality on the KZN North Coast because government refused to. What he found breaches South African law, exceeds WHO safety limits, and affects every person living here. This is that conversation.
6 May English South Africa News · News Commentary

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