Rosebery – it’s not just a cover-up … it’s a joke! The Deputy Director of Health Dr Chrissie Pickin wants Roseberians and Tasmanians to believe that her Department’s recent investigations, along with those of the mine, have given Rosebery the status of “not contaminated” and being a healthy place to live in.
Sadly, a handful of residents believe this curious claim.
The DHHS has finalised their advice to residents of Rosebery about all the things they have to do because Rosebery is “not contaminated”. The DHHS Media Release states:
•Frequently wash your own and children’s hands especially before eating;
•Regularly wash family pets and toys;
•Try not to track dirt or mud into the house on shoes;
•Try not to let pets track dirt or into the house;
•Regularly wash or wet-mop floors, stairs, and window sills to reduce any dust that may have tracked indoors;
•Vacuum walls, soft furnishings and carpets regularly. Remember to place dust in the garbage not in the garden;
•Use clean topsoil in raised garden beds for vegetable growing
•Wash fruit and vegetables (especially if home grown) before cooking and eating;
•Discourage adults and children from nail biting;
•Do not drink tank water or use in cooking or for making up baby formula; and
•Keep pets well hydrated and don’t let them drink any seepage/exposed groundwater.
It is obvious from this list that a lot of things ‘are contaminated’ in Rosebery:
•People’s hands
•Family pets and toys
•Shoes with dirt and mud on them
•Inside your house – everywhere
•All soil in Rosebery
•Underneath your fingernails
•Rainwater in tanks
•Groundwater in Rosebery
Apparently, dust that is contaminated can only be ‘tracked’ indoors on your feet but isn’t entering homes airborne from emissions from the mine facility.
What I want to know is, what isn’t contaminated in Rosebery?
Kristine says: As a resident of Rosebery for 10 years I am now fighting for my health as I am one of those with heavy metal contaminations in both body and property.
