January 8, 2011

Imogen Ingram, Cook Islands 0

by admin • Our Contributors

Imogen is an indigenous leader and environmental activist with the Island Sustainability Alliance in the Cook Islands.      . She works on issues such as safer management of chemical contaminants, climate change impacts, including integrated water management and protection of water supplies from toxic chemicals and heavy metal and good governance leading to sustainable [...]

January 8, 2011

Dr Meriel Watts, New Zealand 0

by irene • Our Contributors

A well known activist and specialist on pesticide, Meriel coordinates Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Aotearoa New Zealand, is Senior Science Advisor to PAN Asia and the Pacific, and Co-Chairs the POPs Pesticide Working group for IPEN (International POPs Elimination Network). She has published a number of books on pesticides, including Pesticides and Breast Cancer: A Wake [...]

January 7, 2011

Lee Bell, WA Researcher 0

by irene • Our Contributors

Lee has been a high profile activist, researcher and commentator on toxics issues throughout Australia for 25 years.     . Lee specializes in contaminated sites, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), industrial emissions and hazardous waste consultation. He holds a Masters degree in Ecologically Sustainable Development and has lectured at Murdoch and Curtin University in Ecology [...]

Toxic Tasmania? (Dr Alison Bleaney)

June 30, 2010

Toxic Tasmania? (Dr Alison Bleaney) 0

by admin • Contributor Stories, Toxic Free Living

Can Tasmania really claim its ‘clean and green’ image? Despite its beautiful wilderness and slow-paced way of life, it’s unsettling to learn that Tasmania has the nation’s highest rates of cancer (age standardised, excluding skin cancers), the highest rates of Parkinson’s disease and asthma, and has among the highest rates of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. [...]

April 21, 2010

Electronic Waste in the Pacific 0

by admin • Pacific Neighbours

Electronic waste (e-waste) is a rapidly growing source of environmental pollution in the Pacific region where it is being dumped in wetlands or landfill, or burnt. E-waste includes many toxics chemicals, including: lead and cadmium in circuit boards and monitor cathode ray tubes (CRTs); mercury in switches and flat screen monitors; and brominated flame retardants [...]

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