Health effects in populations living around the uraniferous gold mine tailings in South Africa: gaps and opportunities for research

Affiliations

• ¹ International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Section of Environment and Radiation, Lyon, France. Electronic address: schonfelds@iarc.fr.
• ² Mine Water Re-search Group, North West University, Vaal Campus, South Africa.
• ³ Cancer Association of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ⁴ National Cancer Registry, National Institute of Occupational Health, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• ⁵ Federation for a Sustainable Environment, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• ⁶ Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• ⁷ African Cancer Institute, Cape Town, South Africa; Cancer Research Initiative of South Africa, Durban, South Africa.
• ⁸ Cancer Research Initiative of South Africa, Durban, South Africa.
• ⁹ International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Section of Environment and Radiation, Lyon, France.