Government slated over southern Qld farmland mining
About 600 people attended an anti-mining rally on southern Queensland’s Darling Downs last night.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-05/government-slated-over-southern-qld-farmland-mining/2825578
About 600 people attended an anti-mining rally on southern Queensland’s Darling Downs last night.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-05/government-slated-over-southern-qld-farmland-mining/2825578
The Wide Bay Water Corporation says there is no need for alarm after the discovery of more than 100 dead fish in a lake west of Hervey Bay in southern Queensland.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-05/cold-snap-may-be-behind-fish-kill/2825566
The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) says the extreme summer wet season is to blame for the number of turtles washing up on beaches in the Capricorn Coast region. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-12/gladstone-turtle-deaths-blamed-on-extreme-wet-season/2836256
The Queensland and Federal Government’s first report card on water quality in the Great Barrier Reef has found pesticides used in agriculture are causing significant problems for the reef.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-13/great-barrier-reef-report/2837758
A new study has found links between a pesticide that is used in Australia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/20/2988554.htm?site=news
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A POISON which Australians commonly apply in powder on their pets and dust or spray in their gardens to control fleas, ticks, caterpillars and aphids is still freely available in Sydney shops even though the pesticides watchdog banned it this year over concerns it can endanger human health. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/banned-chemical-on-shelves-despite-fears-it-can-harm-health/2007/10/21/1192940905073.html
ONLY one in every 100 of the 50,000 industrial, agricultural and veterinary chemicals available for use in Australia today has ever been tested for its potential danger to people’s health and the environment. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/10/21/1192940905013.html
Local doctor Alison Bleaney was concerned about rare cancers among her patients. Marine ecologist Marcus Scammell had been called in to investigate oyster mortality and deformities. At the same time, the Tasmanian Devil facial tumour disease was first found in the same small pocket of NE Tasmania. Was a connection remotely possible and was there
IN WHAT he says is the biggest challenge of his career and potentially the most important project in the nation’s history, the former governor-general Michael Jeffery is launching a national campaign to restore Australia’s degraded landscape. http://www.smh.com.au/national/push-for-maverick-techniques-to-restore-landscape-20090911-fkqi.html