Tasmanian Times
Health
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835Deformities spark pesticide fears
A conflict of interest is causing the nation’s peak pesticide authority to fail in protecting people and animals from agricultural chemicals that...
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Birth defect cluster sparks investigation
Health authorities are investigating a cluster of birth defects affecting an alarming number of babies born in a small northern New South...
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PS Chiefs wheels of fortune
PRESSURE is mounting on the State Government to scale back the $33.3 million fleet of luxury cars driven by senior public servants....
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OBESE CHILDREN FIRST GENERATION SET TO HAVE …
OBESE CHILDREN FIRST GENERATION SET TO HAVE LOWER LIFE EXPECTANCY THAN PARENTS Green Minister’s Push for Stronger Advertising Regulations Welcomed Paul ‘Basil’...
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More Tests Show More Rivers Contaminated
The Tasmanian Greens today called on the Minister for Water, Bryan Green, to introduce urgently the new improved regulations for the control...
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Rainbow Warrior testing waters off Fukushima
Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has begun radiation sampling to the south of the crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. Greenpeace submitted research plans...
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How science makes life difficult for regulators
There is a great deal of controversy and argument around whether or not the way chemicals are assessed for safety in the...
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Tasmanian farmers unsurprised by 1080 report findings …
Tasmania’s peak farming body, the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, says a report on alternatives to 1080 for managing the damage caused...
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Launch of the Brittany and James Fund
Brittany, age 9, and James, 5 yrs, are two young children with Muscular Dystrophy. Their mother, Louise, has been fighting a desperate...
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Treated Water for Swansea
Southern Water Employees Ricky Wright, Kim Williams and Stephen Ninness toast to new clean water at the opening of the Swansea Water...
