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The health of thousands of children may be at risk from long-term exposure to toxic chemicals from artificial turf that has become a popular replacement for grass on sporting ovals and school playgrounds around the country. Australian scientists have raised the alarm over the potential dangers of the fake [...]
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Annie Leonard, creator of the highly successful Story of Stuff project is hosting an event with NTN in Byron Bay on Wednesday the 26th October at the Mullum Civic Hall. Doors open at 6pm! The Story of Stuff takes you on a provocative tour of our consumer-driven culture from resource extraction to iPod incineration. It’ll [...]
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Read the full report Toxic Substances Found in Consumer Products
“One rubber fabric ball and dice made in China contained over 6000ppm of lead and over 5000ppm of chromium; one set of locally made wooden number blocks contained over 12,000 ppm of lead, 1750ppm of arsenic and over 7000ppm of chromium, while children’s toy cosmetics had [...]
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Download briefing paper: Toxic Air Pollution from Natural Gas Development
The community-based organisation, the Global Community Monitor, has released its report, GASSED! Citizen Investigation of Toxic Air Pollution from Natural Gas Development. Air samples were collected from neighbours of natural gas operations. Analysis detected 22 toxic air contaminants associated with natural gas development, resulting in significant [...]
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Find our about BPA in The Toxic Truth
Tips to avoid BPA exposure
There are renewed calls by environmental health groups for an immediate ban on bisphenol A, or BPA, a chemical widely used in the manufacture of polycarbonate baby’s bottles, children’s products and food packaging such as tin liners.
This month China and Malaysia joined Canada and [...]
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