SA set to clean up in the clean-up business
20 November 2009: SA has all the skills resources and institutional framework required to create a new national export industry servicing the land and water clean-up needs of site developers throughout Australia and SE Asia according… [
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Scientists warn against ‘clean-and-green’ complacency
16 October 2009: Australians need to avoid complacency about the ‘clean and green’ image widely used to market our food produce at home and overseas according to a leading Australian contaminant scientist Marking… [
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Public trust: Antidote to toxic outrage
30 September 2009: Public trust and confidence are essential ingredients in the clean-up of toxic contamination according to a leading British academic Professor Simon Pollard of Cranfield University UK will tell the CleanUp… [
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Radioactive backyards - how to avoid a nightmare
30 September 2009: There are serious gaps in how Australia deals with the problem of radiation contamination of suburban homes a leading lawyer will tell the CleanUp 09 conference in Adelaide today The long running saga of how… [
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Homebush shows degraded sites can be cleaned up
30 September 2009: The successful remediation of one of Australia’s most notorious contaminated waterways proves that even heavily-contaminanted sediment and soil can be salvaged an expert from Thiess Services will tell the… [
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Turning waste into gold
29 September 2009: Millions of tonnes of unwanted waste spewed out by Australia’s power stations mineral processing plants and municipalities can be re-used to create fertility health wealth beauty and abundance Professor… [
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World must tackle ‘contamination cocktail’
27 September 2009: Governments worldwide need to move with urgency to tackle the mounting risk to human health posed by the cocktail of toxic contaminants in our living environment a leading scientist has warned “Heath Ledger… [
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The public: ‘key to effective clean-up’
28 September 2009: The Australian public is a vital player in the safe effective clean-up of industrial contamination that poses risks to the nation’s health Public engagement in clean-up processes understanding of what … [
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‘Nanopollution’: Potential new environment threat
28 September 2009: The widespread and growing use of nanoparticles is causing a new form of uncontrollable and unregulated pollution that has the potential to harm the environment a leading scientist will warn the CleanUp 09 conference… [
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Community ‘at risk from illegal drug factories’
28 September 2009: Australians could unknowingly be exposed to and endangered by illicit drugs through contaminated land water and air new research finds Dr Raktim Pal from the Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation… [
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‘Green chemistry’ to reshape consumer demand
29 September 2009: “Green chemistry” – the creation of consumer goods and industrial products that don’t leave a toxic timebomb for future generations – is poised to reshape the way we shop and consume… [
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The growing threat from e-waste
28 September 2009: Lack of national rules for disposing of old computers and mobile phones could be causing environmental damage and putting our health at risk an e-waste expert will warn the CleanUp 09 conference in Adelaide today… [
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Removing toxic metals, quicker
29 September 2009: Toxic heavy metals can be sucked out of soils far more quickly and efficiently using a powerful new electrical method the CleanUp 09 conference will hear in Adelaide today “Our aim was speed up the established… [
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Brownfields ‘key to sustainable cities’
27 September 2009: Australia needs to re-develop its old industrial sites not only for their real estate value but also so we can have more sustainable healthier and well-planned cities Redeveloping ‘brownfield’ areas… [
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World-first system determines dangers of heavy metals
25 September 2009: A team of international scientists has developed a world-first technique that identifies the danger heavy metals in soil pose to humans and the environment Professor Steve McGrath of Rothamsted Research in… [
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Global clean-up summit starts tomorrow
23 September 2009: The world’s leading forum for tackling the universal threat posed by contamination starts in Adelaide tomorrow (24 September) CleanUp 09 is being held at the Hilton Hotel Adelaide from September 24-30… [
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Clean-up summit to tackle the dirty work
7 September 2009: New and deadly forms of pollution exploding landfills radioactive backyards e-pollution risks to human health and the environmental impact of illicit drugs are among the hot topics at CleanUp 09 This international… [
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Clean technologies to keep China growing
25 May 2009: Australia and China are joining scientific forces to tackle one of the world’s most urgent health and environmental challenges – the toxic contamination of land water and air – with the goal of keeping… [
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Hard proof that clean-up works
19 March 2009: Concrete proof that Australia can clean up highly contaminated sites thoroughly safely and economically is emerging from a new national program Across the nation a series of historically-contaminated sites are … [
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Clean-up offers billion dollar land value boost
4 January 2009: Cleaning up contaminated land in the heart of Australia’s great industrial cities could provide a timely boost in value to the national urban real estate portfolio Turning sites currently deemed too polluted… [
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