The COUGH Alliance is calling on the NSW Government to remove dangerous unflued gas heaters from school classrooms. NSW is the only state that still allows them and Education Minister Verity Firth says they're 'safe' despite evidence to the contrary. Read Ben Cubby's articles in the SMH. "Children have become seriously ill from exposure to unflued gas heaters in schools, contrary to the assurances of the state Education Department, doctors and teachers have told the Herald".
Join the COUGH campaign today to rid NSW schools of dangerous unflued gas heaters!
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Australian Story of Tasmanian GP
This program is about an unlikely alliance between a GP, a group of oyster farmers and a Sydney scientist.They banded together to investigate mysterious water quality issues in one of the most beautiful areas of Tasmania. Faced with what they saw as government indifference, local doctor Alison Bleaney and marine ecologist Dr. Marcus Scammell spent tens of thousands of their own money. What they eventually found was the very opposite of what they expected.
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Food Packaging Plastic Can Harm Babies and Children |
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The National Toxics Network (NTN) is urgently renewing its calls for the Australian Government to protect human health and the environment and ban the use of the controversial plasticizer, Bisphenol A (BPA). This follows a turnaround by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which now admits to serious concerns about the health impacts of BPA, especially for babies and children. Along with the National Institutes of Health, the FDA now acknowledge there are serious concerns with respect to developmental and reproductive impacts in infants and children exposed to BPA.
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