Cape Sewage Outrage

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Cape Sewage Outrage

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Aerial photographs of the oceans around the Southern tip of the continent went viral earlier this year causing outrage. The images showed that the City of Cape Town was pumping 55 million litres of untreated sewage into Table Bay every day. New scientific analysis now reveals that 87 000 carcinogenic, hormone disrupting chemicals could be seeping from the sewage mass into the oceans. Yet, the city is without any immediate solutions. Carte Blanche investigates the far-reaching impact of the filth.

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Another scandal 0*\


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It's a very old and global practice...one actually gets quite a bit of growth around the output spot!

But the chemicals and weather are a new thing... O-/


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