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 Stories About: Australia AND pollution and waste AND solid waste treatment and disposal
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Sheep Trick
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09 May 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Sheep Trick Angering environmentalists, Aboriginals, and regional government officials alike, the Australian government has announced that it will build a controversial nuclear waste dump at a sheep station in South Australia. Located near the desert town of Woomera, the dump will house low-level radioactive waste from medical, university, industrial, and research facilities around the cou ... |
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| Topics: Australia, pollution and waste, solid waste treatment and disposal (all these topics) |
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Toxics: Australian for Fertilizer
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09 May 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Toxics: Australian for Fertilizer Businesses across Australia are legally disposing of their industrial waste by selling it as fertilizers for farms and home gardens, according to an investigative report by the Sydney Morning Herald. The fertilizers often contain such toxic metals as arsenic, mercury, chromium, and lead. In western Australia, radioactive mat ... |
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| Topics: Australia, food and agriculture, pollution and waste, solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics (all these topics) |
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