Green Warriors

The Citarum river in Indonesia is the world's most polluted river, the main culprit being the fashion industry. Thanks to the help of concerned citizens, the Green Warriors team discovered that toxic chemicals are endangering the lives of the 14 million Indonesians using the Citarum water. These findings caused the Indonesian government to change its wastewater regulations.

Johannesburg is considered the most uranium-contaminated city in the world. Waste dumps from around 600 abandoned mines sit next to residential communities, blowing polluted dust into homes and contaminating the soil and water supplies. To get a better sense of the problem, Martin Boudot and his team of researchers investigate. Equipped with a Geiger counter, they uncover some dangerous realities

Since 2001, five million hectares of forests have been destroyed in Paraguay to make way for soybean plantations. Soy fields now surround many villages and their residents are being poisoned by pesticides. Working with scientists, the Green Warriors team investigates the genetic damage to children exposed to these pesticides.

Every year, 500,000 Europeans die prematurely due to air pollution. One of the main causes of this pollution is coal, still used in many countries. And this air pollution has no borders. It contaminates the entire continent.

Over the last 50 years, our use of phosphate based fertilizers has quadrupled. These are essential to modern agriculture, used especially for growing potatoes.

In this episode, we follow the uranium path from Niger to Europe to reveal the extent of the radioactive pollution created.