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A brief look at some of the dangers associated with heavy metal contamination
Releasing heavy metals and radiactivity into our environment is “non-biodegradable, concentrated in water sources and sediments, and cumulative in plant and animal tissue, resulting in both acute and long-term bio-toxicity."
Hunter report for 2008/09 reveals increased mortality, decreased life expectancy, increased rates of lung, skin and colorectal cancer, and increased rates of death from breast, cervical and prostate cancer when compared to the rest of NSW in general. By Pauline Roberts PhD BSc DBM MATM
Ian Wright's research on the effects of acid mine drainage (AMD) and sewerage on the wilderness area in the Grose River system.
Further evidence that China's love affair with coal is ending, government officials admitted for the first time there is a link between the rise in birth defects and high levels of coal pollution. (Feb 2009)
Lee Rhiannon says the major parties and crossbenchers blocked an Upper House parliamentary inquiry into the health impacts of coal mining, which shows the power of the coal industry and the major parties' disregard for the health of local coal communities
Premature deaths from power-plant pollution, fly ash, toxic metals like arsenic and mercury , high lead blood levels of indigenous children . . .
Leaching gold from the ore requires 6,613 tons [6,000 metric tons] per year of cyanide and other hazardous chemicals.
Technical Report No. 3: Environment Australia, May 2002
People's Blockade of the World's Biggest Coal Port
