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Instrumental in WA’s Contaminated Sites Act, Jane has been an environmental health activist in WA for over 25 years. After suffering adverse health impacts from an historical huge waste oil pit near their home, Jane and her...

Imogen is an indigenous leader and environmental activist with the Island Sustainability Alliance in the Cook Islands.      . She works on issues such as safer management of chemical contaminants, climate change impacts,...

A well known activist and specialist on pesticide, Meriel coordinates Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Aotearoa New Zealand, is Senior Science Advisor to PAN Asia and the Pacific, and Co-Chairs the POPs Pesticide Working group for...

Rye Senjen is a longterm activist and researcher. She has been involved in a variety of issues over the last 30 years. She is internationally known for her work on nanotechnology and has also written on coal seam gas,...

Lee has been a high profile activist, researcher and commentator on toxics issues throughout Australia for 25 years.     . Lee specializes in contaminated sites, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), industrial emissions and...

Can Tasmania really claim its ‘clean and green’ image? Despite its beautiful wilderness and slow-paced way of life, it’s unsettling to learn that Tasmania has the nation’s highest rates of cancer (age standardised,...

Electronic waste (e-waste) is a rapidly growing source of environmental pollution in the Pacific region where it is being dumped in wetlands or landfill, or burnt. E-waste includes many toxics chemicals, including: lead and...

Bisphenol A (BPA) is used extensively in plastic food and beverage containers, including plastic food containers and shatter-proof baby bottles. It is found in food and drink cans and in a wide range of other products, like...

Nanomaterials are used in a wide range of consumer products including sunscreens, sporting clothes, stain resistant textiles, electronics, paints and packaging, yet as a relatively new technology, nanomaterials remain...

Western Australia is again the target of incinerator promoters as Regional Councils prepare to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in resource recovery facilities in the metropolitan area. Last week WA Councils sponsored two...

Many pesticides are very persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic. Children with their increased vulnerability to chemicals are at greater risk from pesticide exposures. Organochlorines Organochlorine pesticides (OCs) include the...

A 2002 Report by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) identified a growing number of children’s health impacts caused by exposure to...

While there has been only limited assessment of chemical exposure of Australian children, there is evidence of blood contamination, similar to that of children in the EU, UK and USA. Childhood cancers are increasing in the...

The unique vulnerability of children to hazardous chemicals is well recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations’ Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its Environment Program (UNEP).(1) Research from the...