Tasmanian Times
Health
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Challenge to Gunns
Vica Bayley Wilderness Society MR “Gunns has been claiming it wants to build a plantation-based mill, yet it has a contract that...
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Tassie’s GM-free promise
Michelle Paine Mercury TASMANIA’S ban on genetically modified crops has been extended for another five years to 2014. Primary Industries and Water...
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Spraying plantations
Alice Please investigate why Gunns can spray known cancer causing herbicides right up to the Rivers, Creeks, Springs and dams of local...
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Fears over chemical spraying
ABC Online Howard and Michelle Carpenter say Gunns sprayed their home and tourist accommodation near Lebrina to stop an insect infestation in...
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Tongue in cheek nonsense
Patrica Dasic The unnamed member of the Tasmanian Government whose ruminations on the health system and how to fix it feature in...
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Lara’s junket
Patricia Dasic It seems to me Lara Giddings is about to embark on an expensive junket while patients languish for years waiting...
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GE: Threat to fertility
Genetically-engineered food: potential threat to fertility Study shows that genetically engineered maize affects reproductive health in mice. 11 November 2008 Vienna, Austria...
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Campaigner wins pesticide victory
BBC Online A campaigner has won a legal victory in a long-running battle with the government over the use of pesticides. Read...
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EU: Better protection against pesticides
Dr Alison Bleaney The European Parliament’s environment committee adopted a report on pesticides by German Green MEP Hiltrud Breyer. “The European parliament...
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Hospital outcry grows
Meryl Naidoo Mercury THE State Government’s push to build a new hospital on the Hobart waterfront received more criticism yesterday. Most speakers...
