toxics Archive

  • Catherine Delahunty

    Toxic Legacies Need Serious Leadership - by Catherine Delahunty



    The arsenic issues effecting Moanataiari, a small subdivision in my home town of Thames, are part of the very challenging reality of our not so “clean green” country. That is why I challenged the Minister for the Environment to establish a national register of contaminated sites. This led to the work we are doing on [...] read more
    November 25, 2011 3:23 pm - 1 Comment
  • Sue Kedgley

    Methyl bromide protest - by Sue Kedgley



    I met a port worker at our protest against the use of the highly toxic and ozone depleting fumigant Methyl Bromide at the Tauranga Port yesterday. He told me that for years his job on the wharf had been to drive cars, which had just been fumigated with Methyl Bromide, out of the fumigation area [...] read more
    April 29, 2010 12:05 pm - 8 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Mapua Contamination – Secrets and Lies - by Catherine Delahunty



    This week a Ministry of Health Report came out on the health effects of the dubious remediation at the toxic site in Mapua. The way the Ministry of Health’s media release read, glossed over the risks to the community, which could now be declared negligible. I only had to read the Executive Summary of the [...] read more
    March 18, 2010 10:47 am - 6 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Marfell Park questions remain - by Catherine Delahunty



    Although the surface assessment of Marfell Park has reassured the local authority, residents and the Green Party are still raising issues about the long term risks of the site. An initial study of the report also raises questions about the adequacy of the covering cap given that the report acknowledges there may well be hotspots remaining. read more
    August 27, 2009 3:02 pm - No Comments
  • frog

    One more down, a few thou to go - by frog



    ERMA today followed the EU, US and Canada and revoked approvals for the herbicide methylarsinic acid (MSMA) in New Zealand. read more
    May 14, 2009 8:16 pm - 10 Comments
  • Metiria Turei

    Aerial 1080 on the West Coast - by Metiria Turei



    West Coasters are fighting off a massive aerial 1080 drops over their homes and water supplies – you might have seen them on TV in the past few weeks. The drops is an Animal Health Board program for controlling Tb (by killing off possums, which are a Tb vector). I visited the Coast last week, [...] read more
    July 21, 2008 12:01 pm - 47 Comments