Mining Evidence: South Africas Gold Mines and the
10/03/2017#0183;#32;Research conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Health in Johannesburg puts the silicosis rate in living miners at between 22 per cent and 30 per cent. 1 Jill Murrays postmortem data suggest that up to 60 per cent of miners will eventually develop what is a lifethreatening and incurable disease. 2 In addition to silicosis, the mines also play a role in the spread of tuberculosis, a well