An urgent review is underway after a Four Corners investigation found elevated levels of dangerous dioxins in a generic version of 2,4-D, one of Australia’s most widely used herbicides. Dioxins are one of the most deadly chemical compounds in the… Continue Reading
Four Corners reveals evidence that this potentially deadly chemical compound may still be present in weed control products and that authorities do not routinely test for it. The program also reveals that this hands-off approach to regulation is entirely in… Continue Reading
Transcript KERRY O’BRIEN, PRESENTER: It was one of the most toxic weed killers ever used. EUGENE MCMAHON, NIGEL’S UNCLE: Their swags and everything used to get soaked with the poison. KERRY O’BRIEN: Twenty years ago it was banned. JANINE COHEN,… Continue Reading
Western Australian Agricultural Protection Board (APB) used herbicide around the 1980’s in the Kimberley region supplied to the workers in second hand unmarked drums. This was contrary to the Poisons Act. Samples taken from the suspect batch indicated a dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD) component… Continue Reading
said Njikena Elder Lucy Marshall. She said, “The truth must be told.” Her son, Cyril Hunter, died in 1983 from exposure to Agent Orange, the toxic chemical used en masse during the Vietnam War. Mr Hunter had been employed to… Continue Reading
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