CAPE TOWN - One expert is warning training and job opportunities for future environmental health practitioners are in jeopardy.
This will impact basic services to communities.
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That's after the department chose not to place close to 73 Environmental Health Practitioner students on internships.
How will this impact the country's efforts to fight foodborne illnesses?
Mike Agenbag, a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Health at Cape Peninsula University of Technology spoke to eNCA.
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