'Transformation' transforming South Africa's water into poison: expert

Levels of a toxin “chemically similar to cobra venom” detected in a number of major SA dams are “amongst the highest ever measured in the world”. That’s the claim of water expert Dr Anthony Turton in an article published on Tuesday in the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) @Liberty policy bulletin.Exacerbating the matter‚ said Turton‚ is that it is not known if either of “two known technologies capable of neutralising microcystin” can do so “at the concentrations found in South Africa”.