Child health risk from sofas, carpets rising
16 December 2010: Australian babies and young children are increasingly exposed to toxic flame-retardant chemicals emanating from cheap imported carpets furniture foam mattresses and electronic goods a new scientific study indicates… [
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National contamination research effort renewed
9 December 2010: Australia has renewed its commitment to a clean environment and healthy safe community by extending its national research effort into contamination and clean-up by a further nine years The Managing Director of the… [
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Visiting environmental expert warns of toxins
11 November 2010: Professor Paul Ehrlich senior statesman of the environmental movement and currently visiting Australia today joined with Australian researchers to warn of the danger of man-made chemicals accumulating in the environment… [
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Clean energy from toxic waste
26 October 2010: A team of Australian and Chinese scientists has pioneered a new way to make clean energy from land so contaminated with toxic waste that it is good for little else A collaboration between researchers from Australia’s… [
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Toxic shock from illegal drugs
26 August 2010: People who use illegal methamphetamine drugs are unintentionally exposing their fellow Australians to the risk of cancer and other forms of poisoning Leading scientists from the Cooperative Research centre for … [
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Ultrasound puts water back in the Murray Darling by putting the squeeze on mining waste
12 July 2010 (as released by Fresh Science www freshscience org au ): You may not be able to squeeze blood out of a stone but by applying the right amount of ultrasound during processing Jianhua (Jason) Du and colleagues from the… [
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Breakthrough on global cancer risk
16 June 2010: Australian scientists have developed a groundbreaking treatment to clean up the highly toxic and persistent foam chemicals used worldwide to fight thousands of fires Their achievement comes in response to growing… [
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World-first clean-up of acid wetlands
3 January 2010: Australian scientists have announced the world’s first successful large-scale restoration of a coastal wetland being devastated by acid runoff A dramatic improvement in environmental conditions has been… [
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