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Data taken from the first air quality test undertaken during an Australian dust storm has shown that large dust particles…
Toxic industrial pollutants contaminate bird eggs in Australia’s major eastern cities at levels seven to nine times higher…
Detecting specific gases in the air is possible using a number of different existing technologies, but typically all of these…
From today, plastic bags are banned in the NT. The ACT will follow suit in November: in 2009 the ACT abandoned its 14-year old “No Waste by 2010” strategy and replaced it with a ban on plastic shopping…
Genetically modified bacteria might provide a new way to clean up waterways contaminated with mercury. The bacteria contains…
Using a shallow, high-rate pond system to treat wastewater will slash the loss to evaporation as well as boosting the rates…
Researchers have uncovered a natural and cost-effective method to decontaminate groundwater polluted by PVC plastic production…
A simple piece of software can help monitoring organisations keep an eye on levels of nitrates in waterways. Wherever there…
Research on mice has found that long-term exposure to air pollution can lead to physical changes in the brain, depression…
Widespread urban development alters weather patterns, making it easier for pollutants to accumulate during warm summer weather…
Researchers have discovered a startling new mechanism where sunlight can rearrange the atoms of molecules to form new chemical…
Coal seam gas is indeed a potential disaster if present attitudes and lack of regulatory control prevail. An important part of public health is to enact precautions based on potential impacts. The CSG…
Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides has the potential to lower children’s IQ, according to three studies published…
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