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Drinking Water Quality Concerns in Australia
September 23, 2019
In November 2017, Friends of the Earth initiated a campaign to better understand drinking water quality issues in Australia. The Australian Drinking Water Quality Map was constructed by Dvize, with data entered by FoE....
Read More ShareMore Bad News for Glyphosate
September 13, 2019
The Glyphosate controversy continues making news around the world and in Australia. The latest news being that the German Government has recently announced that it will phase out all uses for Glyphosate by 2023....
Read More ShareVictorian Government Push for more Suburban Insecticide Spraying
September 06, 2019
The Victorian Government has recently been thwarted by community opposition in the Mornington Peninsula, to widespread insecticide application for mosquito control. The Government in conjunction with Mornington Shire Council were planning to spray 25...
Read More ShareWhat is the Number 1 Pesticide Hotspot in Australia?
August 19, 2019
Pesticides are rife across the Australian landscape. Thousands of toxic sites exist across the country. Since the creation of the Australian Pesticide Map in November 2017, statistics have shown that by far the page...
Read More ShareBees and Pesticides (Some Thoughts)
August 13, 2019
There has been alot of information recently about the association of pesticides and bee deaths. However, there has been very little information about this phenomenon in Australia.
Read More ShareTrouble for Aussie Miners Heats Up in Ecuador
August 08, 2019
Australian Mining companies Solgold and a subsidiary of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting, continue to encounter problems in Ecuador. Solgold, an Australian exploration company is starting to come under sustained resistance from local communities, alarmed...
Read More ShareNuclear Power – No Solution to Climate Change
August 07, 2019
Friends of the Earth Australia Statement August 2019
Read More ShareGippsland Lakes - No Monitoring of Toxicants into Australia's Largest Freshwater Ecosystem
July 10, 2019
“There is little recent published information on water quality in the rivers of the Gippsland Lakes catchment. Although data may be collected through a range of routine monitoring programs, it has not been consolidated...
Read More ShareMafia Gunfight Over Control of Rinehart Concession in Ecuador
June 25, 2019
Media reports from Ecuador are highlighting a recent gunfight near the the community of Buenos Aires located in the north of the country. Reports suggest that rival mafia interests are fighting over control of...
Read More SharePFAS and other chemicals released back into the environment via recycled water and biosolids
June 12, 2019
Recent research has highlighted issues concerning waste water and other products from waste water treatment facilities which contain a range of contaminants including PFAS (Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances).
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