Tasmanian Times
Health
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Dioxins and the pulp mill (working link!)
A Question of Balance IPEN is working towards worldwide pollution reduction, contamination remediation and good chemical management. Mariann explains why these organic...
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Community forum (By invitation only)!
Patricia Dasic Ms Giddings, when I stop laughing, I might lodge an application to be engaged as a consumer representative, although I...
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Salmonella: McKim, Llewellyn
Nick McKim Government regulatory failures responsible for latest salmonella outbreak “We have had five serious salmonella outbreaks in just over two years,...
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Llewellyn doesn’t want to know…
Dr David Obendorf In my experience the resource hungry (nay, starved to emaciation & weakness) phalanxes of State Government responsible for environmental...
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Where are they from?
Dr David Obendorf As most wild devils are not exposed to plastic products from urbanised living (from household dust, carpets, computers, televisions,...
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Platypus and the Hydro
Dr David Obendorf Yes, Tony several persistent organic pollutants are present in the fat of Tasmanian platypus; these include the organochlorinne pesticides...
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We need to act NOW
Dr Alison Bleaney Another link between persistent organic pollutants (POPs) including some pesticides, and disease – Type 2 diabetes – is detailed...
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All about POPs
Dr David Obendorf The chemists also measured PBDEs in 700 samples of farmed and wild salmon from around the world (all except...
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Clean, green, pristine …
David Obendorf The detection of polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the body fat of Tasmanian devils should be yet another prompt to...
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Those fire retardants
Christopher Purcell Is it true that these fire-retardants are used as wetting/binding agents for the application of the pesticides? Read more, Comment...
