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Category: Hazmat

Posted inBusiness & Politics

“They just catch fire” Ombudsman blasts EPA over dumping of toxic waste from West Gate Tunnel

by Andrew Sadauskas 31 May 202231 May 2022
Posted inColumns

The cold hard wasteful truth about plastics

by Pete Shmigel, Columnist 3 June 20213 June 2021
Posted inHazmat

Sick of coal: toxic pollution continues despite community health impacts

by Duncan Murray 8 April 20219 April 2021
Parliamentary report on mould hands down its finding, but there are sceptics
Posted inHazmat

Mould and damp health costs are about 3 times those of sugary drinks. We need a healthy housing agenda

by Rebecca Bentley, University of Melbourne and Emma Baker, University of Adelaide 27 October 202021 January 2021
snowy mountain river
Posted inPlanning

In the news: Resilience NSW, calls to halt Snowy 2.0, and more  

by The Fifth Estate 7 April 20209 November 2020
Posted inHazmat

Coronavirus news: Backslide on plastic, Greens want mining plan moratorium, Darebin’s $10m package, and more

by Mollie Hersh 2 April 2020
Posted inHazmat

Deodorants, perfumes and other personal pollution: The next frontier in healthy indoor air?

by Poppy Johnston 8 October 2019
Rethinking traffic congestion to make our cities more like the places we want them to be
Posted inInfrastructure & transport

Rethinking traffic congestion to make our cities more like the places we want them to be

by Brian Feeney, The University of Queensland 26 February 201926 February 2019
PFAS chemicals contamination
Posted inHazmat

PFAS contamination problem could affect virtually any construction site

by Willow Aliento 26 July 201827 July 2018
Two men in protective gear cleaning up after chemical accident or radiation accident. The inflatable gear to the right protects against contamination with radioactive particles, against Alpha radiation and partially against Beta radiation. Focus on the right green person.
Posted inHazmat

This problem is urgent, dangerous and widespread – why we need to act on PFAS chemicals

by Willow Aliento 21 June 201829 June 2018
Posted inHazmat

Governments talk tough on trash, but will anything change?

by Willow Aliento 10 August 2017
Posted inGovernment, Hazmat

Victorian government’s coal to hydrogen plans come under fire

by Willow Aliento 11 July 201712 July 2017
Posted inHazmat

Could green design principles make us sick (and what can we do about it)?

by Cameron Jewell 2 February 20165 February 2016
Posted inHazmat

Nanomaterials and health: regulation playing catch-up with reality

by David Thorpe 28 January 2016
Posted inEducation, Training & Research, Hazmat

Australian workplaces contain 227 substances that trigger asthma

by Annie Kane 12 November 20157 September 2016
Posted inHazmat

Alarm bells for strata owners as firefighters told to stay on sidelines

by Cameron Jewell 20 August 201521 August 2015
Posted inHazmat

Australia’s poor governance on mercury lighting a bad look for property

by Willow Aliento 9 April 20159 April 2015
Posted inHazmat

Australia's poor governance on mercury lighting a bad look for property

by Willow Aliento 9 April 2015
Posted inHazmat

Fracking & pals: dizziness, nosebleeds and eye irritation

by Willow Aliento 5 November 20144 November 2014
Posted inHazmat

Fracking & pals: dizziness, nosebleeds and eye irritation

by Willow Aliento 5 November 201428 June 2022
Posted inHazmat

Toxic playgrounds: Broken Hill kids exposed to poisonous dust

by Mark Patrick Taylor, Louise Kristensen, Marek Rouillon and Simon Mould 16 October 201416 October 2014
Posted inHazmat

US chemical Comancheros and LEED “truce” is not funny, but dangerous

by Tina Perinotto 8 September 2014
Posted inHazmat

US chemical Comancheros and LEED “truce” is not funny, but dangerous

by Tina Perinotto 8 September 2014
Posted inHazmat

Dating the enemy? LEED teams up with American Chemistry Council

by Cameron Jewell 28 August 2014
Posted inHazmat

Bee Coalition seeks pesticide ban

by Cameron Jewell 16 July 201418 August 2014

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