Tasmanian Times
Health
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Break O’Day spray ban
ABC Online The Break O’Day Council on Tasmania’s east coast is to officially oppose the aerial spraying of chemicals within its municipality....
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Still waiting
Airlie Ward One of the most confronting things a woman can discover is a breast lump. It can mean the start of...
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The colour of money
Alison Bleaney Unfortunately, Australia follows USA’s lead; for food colours,food additives,GM, pesticides, chemicals … No-one can explain to me any scientific basis...
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Radical makeover for waterfront
Sue Neales Mercury DETAILED makeover plans for Hobart’s Macquarie Wharf railyards and docks area containing the new Royal Hobart Hospital will soon...
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A Cry From the Heart
Annette Hackett My story does not end there. I still foster, although I have been frozen out by the department because I...
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The tributes for Christopher Newell
Damien Brown Mercury From parishioners who said they would miss his sermons to fellow intellects who said he was one of Tasmania’s...
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Hobart haze blows limits
Michael Stedman Mercury HOBART’S air quality breached national guidelines twice during the autumn burn-off season. Records released yesterday show harmful PM2.5 pollution...
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Some history of aerial spraying in Australia
Brenda Rosser 1973 – June. The Forests Commission in Victoria, Australia aerial spray 2,4,5-T in the catchment of Clear Creek near Myrtleford....
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An unhealthy state
Brenda Rosser Interesting to compare the different stats in the State of Public Health Reports for Tasmania for 2003 versus 2008. A...
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals in our drinking water
Dr Alison Bleaney Since 2005, atrazine has been found in the Duck River, the Jordan River, the Rubicon River, the Liffey River,...
