Need to monitor fungicide risk
April 7 2011: Australia currently has no organised long-term way of monitoring levels of commercial fungicides in soil and waterways leading environmental scientists have cautioned This is despite the fact that in Australasia… [
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Mining our manure mountains
May 4 2011: A mountain of waste that grows by a million tonnes every three years from the sewage plants of Australia’s major cities and towns is the target of an unusual mining venture Scientists in the CRC for Contamination… [
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Former Shell chair to head national cleanup body
June 24 2011: The former Chairman of Shell Australia Mr Russell Caplan has been appointed to chair Australia’s leading contamination research organisation The Co-operative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment… [
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Media Alert - Cleaning up the world starts in Adelaide
15 August 2011: Australia and the world are wading in a rising tide of toxicity from 83 000 man-made chemicals that pose a growing risk to human and environmental health Some of the world’s leading clean-up scientists will… [
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Concern grows over risks from new chemicals
September 11 2011: There is growing scientific concern over the combined impact of novel toxic chemicals on human health and the environment worldwide leading international scientists will warn the CleanUp 2011 Conference in Adelaide… [
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UK turns waste into jobs, health and wealth
September 11 2011: Thousands of new jobs larger profits for industry and a big reduction in society’s wastes are among the benefits of a major British industrial project that will be one of the highlights at the CleanUp 2011… [
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Underground barriers 'can protect drinking water'
September 12 2011: As the world’s cities grow to depend increasingly on underground water for drinking and domestic use better methods are needed to keep it safe from contamination the CleanUp 2011 conference will hear today… [
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Asia's e-waste pollution 'may spread worldwide'
September 12 2011: So dire is the electronic waste contamination problem in Asia that it can potentially spread worldwide a leading environmental researcher will tell the CleanUp 2011 Conference in Adelaide today Professor… [
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E-toxins 'escaping from our landfills'
September 13 2011: Fourteen kinds of heavy metals and toxic flame retardants have been detected in contaminated water draining from landfill sites in Australia environmental researchers will report to the CleanUp 2011 conference… [
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DDT 'consistently found' in humans: Study
September 13 2011: Despite being banned almost thirty years ago the pesticide DDT is still being widely found in human bodies a leading health researcher says In a study of 146 human milk samples most of the Persistent Organic… [
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'Magic weed' cleans up toxic chrome
September 13 2011: Using a noxious weed to clean up a toxic metal can rid the environment of two harmful substances protecting people water life soil health and food crops a new study shows Applying black carbon converted… [
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Tackling Australia's waste management challenge
September 14 2011: While its 665 landfills remain Australia’s main waste disposal method their total impact on society and the environment has been largely overlooked sustainability researchers say Mr Dustin Moore and… [
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Innovation locks up carbon, improves soil health
September 14 2011: Environmental researchers have developed a low-cost novel solution for reducing carbon in the atmosphere while improving soil fertility using natural materials Professor Nanthi Bolan from The University… [
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Australia 'should toughen asbestos measurements'
September 15 2011: Stricter criteria for measuring asbestos in air are needed to shield Australian society – especially children – from long-term asbestos exposure a leading mineral scientist says Australia still has… [
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Adelaide Group Communiqué on the need for international collaboration and global action on land contamination
*A call for an International Treaty or Convention for the Protection of Humanity and the Environment from Toxic Contamination* 19 September 2011: Leading contamination scientists today issued a call for international action to… [
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Clean-up tool for our commonest contaminants
November 7 2011: Australia has taken a key step towards improving measures of human health risk with the release of new guidelines targeting one of our commonest sources of industrial contamination A new guidance document on the… [
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Award for major advance in contaminant testing
November 22 2011: Contaminant testing in water can now be performed in a much safer more efficient and environmental-friendly way thanks to an award-winning innovation in the laboratory Pollutants such as TPH TRH PAH and… [
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