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Solgold's Proposed Cascabel Mine in Ecuador will cause Untold Environmental Harm
October 09, 2024
A proposed "block caving" gold and copper mine proposed by Australian mining exploration company Solgold, will most likely cause untold environmental harm to the region. Solgold have been working in Ecuador for over a...
Read More ShareHow FoE Has Helped Expose The Toxic Issue Of Our Generation
September 05, 2024
You’ve probably heard about PFAS - a collection of more than 14,000 chemicals that don’t break down and can accumulate in the environment and people. Some PFAS chemicals have been associated with higher risk...
Read More ShareSydney Water Biosolids, Effluent and PFAS Chemicals
June 27, 2024
People may have recently read the media coverage concerning lack of testing for PFAS chemicals in drinking water throughout Australia. The media article has certainly attracted alot of interest regarding the health implications of...
Read More SharePFAS Chemicals in Australian Drinking Water - A Summary
May 03, 2024
Update 21/10/24: Announcement of proposed a review to Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. PFOS and PFHxS to be possibly reduced from 70ng/L to 4ng/L and 30ng/L respectively. PFOA to be possibly reduced from 560ng/L to...
Read More ShareHancock Prospecting now Major 'Owner' of Ecuadorian State Mining Company
April 12, 2024
Hanrine (a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting) has recently invested $150 million in the Ecuadorian state mining company Enami. This now gives Rinehart, a 49% stake in 6 mining concessions, totalling 30,000 hectares...
Read More ShareUncovering Some Murky Facts about South Australian Drinking Water
March 16, 2024
On 11th of March 2024, ABC featured a segment on 7.30 about the quality of Quorn's drinking water quality. Quorn is a small community located in the Flinders Ranges with a population of 1150....
Read More ShareTasWater PFAS detections 2017 - 2023
January 18, 2024
In October 2023, a Right to Information (RTI) request was sent to TasWater requesting data regarding PFAS detections by TasWater testing. The information was received from TasWater in less than two months. The following...
Read More ShareQLD floods - the clean up begins
December 21, 2023
A massive clean-up operation is beginning in Far North Queensland as flooding from Cyclone Jasper clears. Here are some ideas on grassroots initiatives that you could support.
Read More SharePFAS Chemicals, the A-Bomb and Ozone Hole.
December 14, 2023
PFAS is the toxic issue of our era, it has recently been reported that it is even coming down in rain. How did we get in this dire situation? If you want to unravel...
Read More ShareAn Impossible Dream. Sustainable Pesticide Management in Great Barrier Reef Catchments?
November 08, 2023
In July 2023 FoE published a blog on pesticides in Queensland water supplies based on over 70,000 pesticide detections listed on the Queensland Government’s Pesticide Reporting Portal between late 2011 (in some locations) to...
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