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Forever-chemicals are at potentially unsafe levels across Australia. The US-based Environmental Protection Agency ruled in April that water which contains more than four parts per trillion of chemicals such as PFOS and PFOA is the maximum acceptable for safe human consumption. These chemicals come from a variety of industrial and domestic applications which were widely …
Access to clean water is a key issue for people in many countries around the world. In Australia, large cities have very good water supplies that supply to well monitored quality standards. But this is not the case in remote and regional areas. Smaller communities can be vulnerable to weather events overwhelming their water supply …
Residents of the dust affected New South Wales town of Cadia say Newcrest Mining must to more to assist the community amid reports of dust entering the bloodstream of humans and .affecting its environment Mining operator Newcrest apologised to residents this week at an inquiry in Sydney after dust pollution from the Cadia Mine in …
A research team from the Global Water Monitor, who watches the global water cycle closely and analysed observations from more than 40 satellites that continuously monitor the atmosphere and Earth’s surface, has found that the earth’s water cycle is changing. Climate change is not the only reason for the water cycle change. There has been a …
A lack of infrastructure and testing has led to unsafe drinking water in over 500 Indigenous communities. The lack of safe drinking water now casts doubt on the government’s ability to supply drinking water to these through the future, as climate change is expected to ravage our most remote communities. Serious measures must be put …
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Scientists at Digital Earth Africa work to use satellite imagery to study water resources on the African continent. The information assists countries in Africa to make more informed decisions about soil and coastal erosion, agriculture, deforestation, desertification, water quality and changes to human settlements. The Wire spoke to the Lead Scientist at Digital Earth Africa …
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