Toxic waste a political football

The National Toxic Network has today criticised Environment Minister Peter Garrett’s decision to approve a permit to ship thousands of tonnes of Orica’s highly toxic HCB waste to Denmark for incineration.
“This is a cynical move two days out from an election while the Gillard Government is in caretaker mode,” says Dr Mariann Lloyd Smith of [...]

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Choice study finds BPA in canned food
Posted on September 3, 2010
The National Toxics Network is joining the call to remove Bisphenol A (BPA) from all infants and toddlers foods after a Choice study found concerning levels of BPA in canned foods it tested, including major brands of baby food, baked beans, [...]

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2010
FSANZ Food Labeling Review

NICNAS Regualtory Consultation on Nanotechnology
NICNAS Priority Existing Chemical -DEHP
Review of Environmental Factors for Fluoridation Plants in Northern Rivers
2009
NICNAS Assessment of Triclosan
Human Rights Inquiry
National Enabling Technologies Strategy
2008
Response to the Australian Office of Nanotechnology Social Inclusion and Engagement Workshop
Proposed Amendments to Part 3 of the FSANZ Application Handbook regarding Nanoparticles in Food
NGO’s Objection to [...]

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Shipping spill highlights dangers of chemicals at sea

The massive shipping spill of the toxic chemical, ammonium nitrate in the seas off Brisbane highlights yet again the real dangers of transporting hazardous chemicals by sea, according to the National Toxics Network (NTN).

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