Taranaki authorities have fenced off an area of a New Plymouth playground where toxins were found last month, but say the move has nothing to do with chemicals unearthed during excavations. Taranaki authorities have fenced off an area of a… Continue Reading
Nearly 200 cubic metres of soil contaminated with dioxin has been removed from a New Plymouth playground. Nearly 200 cubic metres of soil contaminated with dioxin has been removed from a New Plymouth playground. The dioxin was found in rusted-out… Continue Reading
(4.38 mb) Dioxin Victims to Receive Special Health Services.
May 16, 2005 Two more people who worked at the old Ivon Watkins Dow plant in New Plymouth have had their ACC claims accepted. ACC says there is medical evidence of a link between dioxin exposure at the old chemical… Continue Reading
LYN HUMPHREYS23/08/2012 Taranaki Daily News A former New Plymouth man has failed in his appeal to get ACC cover for extensive health problems he blames on dioxins from agri-chemical plant Ivon Watkins-Dow. ACC declined cover for Gary Green for work-related gradual… Continue Reading
Now we return to a story we were running last week about drums containing dioxin which had been discovered buried beneath a children’s playground in New Plymouth. From Morning Report on 17 Jun 2009 Updated at 9:54 pm on 24 June… Continue Reading
An anti-dioxin campaigner says the latest study of contamination from New Plymouth’s Dow chemical factory has missed many birth defects it was supposed to review. (AUDIO) From News, Updated at 9:35 pm on 10 November 2010 An anti-dioxin campaigner says… Continue Reading
The health ministry study compares defects recorded in New Plymouth four decades ago with results from other hospitals. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2430712/ministry-says-new-plymouth-defects-could-be-dioxin http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2430712/ministry-says-new-plymouth-defects-could-be-dioxin From Checkpoint on 10 Nov 2010 Updated at 10:57 pm on 24 June 2013 http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20101110-1812-Ministry_says_New_Plymouth_defects_could_be_dioxin-048.mp3
A dioxin campaigner says new information shows only residents who lived near a New Plymouth chemical plant before 1969 had significant dioxin exposure. From Morning Report on 27 May 2010 http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2305355/campaigners-say-dioxin-error-puts-only-1960s-residents-at-risk mnr-20100527-0844-Campaigners_say_dioxin_error_puts_only_1960s_residents_at_risk-048-2015-08-03-05-17-13-634 http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/mnr/mnr-20100527-0844-Campaigners_say_dioxin_error_puts_only_1960s_residents_at_risk-048.mp3
The Government is paying $25,000 towards testing a New Plymouth park for dioxin and other dangerous chemicals. The Government is paying $25,000 towards testing a New Plymouth park for dioxin and other dangerous chemicals. In May, nine rusted drums were… Continue Reading
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