Environmental Health

• Wombat with mange image

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  ABC News

  Posted February 15, 2017 16:20:08

  Topics: animals, animal-welfare, animal-nutrition, veterinary-medicine, environmental-health, vic, australia

• Wombat cured of mange image

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  ABC News

  Posted February 15, 2017 16:19:02

  Topics: animal-welfare, environmental-health, veterinary-medicine, vic, australia

• Townsville records first dengue case

  ABC North Qld

  By Nathalie Fernbach with Paula Tapiolas

  Posted February 14, 2017 14:53:12

  Townsville has confirmed its first locally-acquired case of the mosquito-borne dengue virus for 2017.

  Topics: diseases-and-disorders, dengue-fever, environmental-health, pests, community-and-society, townsville-4810

• 'Alarming' error in Roe 8 traffic modelling 'invalidates current design'

  By Nicolas Perpitch

  Posted February 03, 2017 09:19:48

  A critical flaw in traffic modelling for Perth's Roe 8 highway extension underestimates the number of trucks that will use the road by up to 16,500 and invalidates the noise management plan and road design, new analysis suggests.

  Topics: states-and-territories, environmental-health, health, elections, perth-6000, wa, fremantle-6160

• Using bubble wrap on your windows to keep your house cool

  ABC Radio Canberra

  By Sophie Kesteven

  Posted January 30, 2017 16:25:17 | Updated January 30, 2017 16:32:25

  Bubble wrap can act as a cheap alternative to double glazing, according to a scientist that specialises in designing homes to suit Canberra's climate.

  Topics: weather, environmental-health, offbeat, house-and-home, canberra-2600

• Torresian crows form new nesting habits in major evolutionary change: scientists

  By Matt Watson

  Posted January 19, 2017 07:30:27 | Updated January 19, 2017 10:39:00

  Torresian crows nest on buildings and man-made structures in Queensland cities in a remarkable "evolutionary change" that shows how intelligent the birds are.

  Topics: environment, animals, environmental-health, ornithology, birds, animal-science, science-and-technology, evolution, brisbane-4000, mackay-4740, bundaberg-4670, rockhampton-4700, qld

• Major overhaul to Victoria's EPA to create 'bigger, better, bolder' authority

  Posted January 18, 2017 11:24:35

  The Victorian Environment Protection Authority will receive a $45 million boost to its powers and independence, in the first major overhaul to the watchdog since it was established 45 years ago.

  Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmental-health, government-and-politics, state-parliament, morwell-3840, vic

• Sea turtles use sunrise to set their internal compass, researchers say

  By Ben Millington

  Posted January 12, 2017 16:54:49

  Sea turtles have a remarkable ability to find their way home, and new research from James Cook University has partly revealed their secret.

  Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, environment-education, environmental-health, science-and-technology, research, research-organisations, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, gladstone-4680, qld

• Stand-off over fees for Stawell's nine-million-tyre pile

  ABC Ballarat

  By Charlotte King and Rachel Hayter

  Posted January 12, 2017 12:27:52 | Updated January 12, 2017 15:36:42

  Victoria's Environment Minister is dismissing calls to waive regulatory fees for operators of the southern hemisphere's biggest used tyre yard in Stawell.

  Topics: environmental-health, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, state-parliament, states-and-territories, regional, stawell-3380

• EPA notice orders more dust monitoring at Port Augusta

  By political reporter Angelique Donnellan

  Posted January 10, 2017 18:32:44

  The Environmental Protection Authority slaps the owner of the Port Augusta power station with a formal notice requiring it to stop ash dust blowing over the city.

  Topics: land-pollution, pollution, air-pollution, environment, health, respiratory-diseases, environmental-health, port-augusta-5700, sa

• Giant, 1,000yo 'tunnel tree' topples in Californian storms

  Posted January 10, 2017 15:25:43 | Updated January 10, 2017 15:33:10

  California loses one of its biggest icons, after the ancient Pioneer Cabin Tree, also known as the "tunnel tree", crashes to the forest floor in a fierce storm.

  Topics: environmental-health, environmental-impact, endangered-and-protected-species, human-interest, united-states

• Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police

  Posted January 08, 2017 14:49:20

  Officials in Beijing create a new environmental police squad in the latest effort to fight China's persistent problems with heavy smog.

  Topics: air-pollution, environmental-health, environmental-policy, china

• Pipi fishing banned at Goolwa Beach in SA due to E coli risk

  Posted January 08, 2017 11:53:44 | Updated January 08, 2017 15:47:39

  Pipi fishing is banned at Goolwa Beach south of Adelaide after the state's blackwater event gives rise to E coli levels considered unsafe for human consumption.

  Topics: environmental-health, health, fishing-aquaculture, rural, goolwa-5214, sa

• Is your Kosciuszko holiday damaging the environment? (photos)

  By the National Reporting Team's James Thomas and Alison Branley

  Posted January 08, 2017 06:34:08 | Updated January 09, 2017 10:54:21

  With the snow all but gone for the season and the summer tourists starting to arrive, the ABC travels to the Kosciuszko National Park to look at just how much of an impact humans are having on the unique alpine environment.

  Topics: national-parks, conservation, environmental-management, environmental-impact, environment, environmental-policy, environmental-health, health, jindabyne-2627, nsw, australia, perisher-valley-2624

• Tuna sells for more than $860,000 at Tokyo auction

  Posted January 05, 2017 15:07:38

  A Japanese sushi chain boss bids a winning $866,000 for a 212-kilogram bluefin tuna at a Tokyo market — the second highest ever after a record $1.7 million bid in 2013.

  Topics: fish, fishing-aquaculture, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, environmental-health, environment, japan

• Three Melbourne beaches remain closed as faecal pollution lingers

  Posted January 05, 2017 10:10:51

  Three beaches in or near Melbourne remain closed as the effects of pollution run-off continue to linger, after recent flash flooding flushed faeces and other materials down the city's waterways and into Port Phillip Bay.

  Topics: environmental-health, environment, water-pollution, pollution, werribee-3030, melbourne-3000, vic, frankston-3199, mentone-3194

• Angry residents confront minister over Port Augusta ash plumes

  By political reporter Angelique Donnellan

  Posted January 04, 2017 17:38:41

  Residents wearing face masks heckle SA's Environment Minister, demanding an end to a dust problem emanating from Port Augusta's former power station.

  Topics: land-pollution, air-pollution, respiratory-diseases, health, pollution, environmental-health, environment, port-augusta-5700, sa, adelaide-5000

• Birthday card helps investigators find illegal asbestos dumpers

  1233 ABC Newcastle

  By Dan Cox

  Posted January 04, 2017 06:22:22

  A birthday card has helped the Hunter's illegal dumping squad track down those responsible for dumping 15 tonnes of asbestos-contaminated waste.

  Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, law-crime-and-justice, environmental-health, community-and-society, sandgate-2304, loxford-2326, kurri-kurri-2327, charlestown-2290

• Work starts on $7 billion super sewer to clean up the Thames. Video

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  ABC News

  2min 29sec

  Posted December 30, 2016 09:53:33 | Updated December 30, 2016 09:58:22

  The Thames in London is regularly contaminated with raw sewage. To stop filth and faeces flowing into the famous waterway, construction has started on a $7 billion "super sewer".

  Topics: water-pollution, environmental-impact, environmental-health, environment, pollution, england, united-kingdom

• London's $7b 'super sewer' aims to stop faeces, filth polluting the Thames

  By Europe correspondent James Glenday

  Posted December 30, 2016 07:27:27 | Updated December 30, 2016 09:53:33

  A 25-kilometre-long, $7 billion overflow pipe is being built deep beneath the Thames to stop tonnes of poo, tampons, condoms and wet wipes spewing into the iconic waterway each year.

  Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-health, water-pollution, environment, pollution, england, united-kingdom

• Low levels of PFAS chemicals found outside airport

  ABC New England

  By Kerrin Thomas

  Posted December 23, 2016 09:19:21

  Chemicals associated with a toxic firefighting foam are found at 10 private properties around Tamworth airport but the council's general manager says the levels are not concerning.

  Topics: environment, environmental-health, pollution, water-pollution, tamworth-2340

• 'Reality just crumbled': NT families react to contaminated water

  By Sally Brooks

  Posted December 22, 2016 20:04:56 | Updated December 22, 2016 20:21:04

  More than 40 properties around an Air Force base near Katherine are being supplied with drinking water by the Defence Department, as residents express shock at discovering they've been drinking from a contaminated supply.

  Topics: water-pollution, water-supply, water-management, water, defence-forces, rural, environmental-health, katherine-0850, nt

• Esperance council acts on reports of asbestos on beach

  ABC Esperance

  By Stan Shaw

  Posted December 22, 2016 16:10:59 | Updated December 22, 2016 18:55:52

  The Shire of Esperance moves to downplay health fears after tests confirm at least one sample of debris washed up on a Castletown beach in the state's south-east contained asbestos.

  Topics: erosion, oceans-and-reefs, environmental-health, environmental-management, community-and-society, water-pollution, local-government, asbestos, esperance-6450, castletown-6450

• Beijing factories ordered to shut or cut output after pollution red alert

  Posted December 17, 2016 21:44:37 | Updated December 18, 2016 00:23:40

  Beijing's city government orders 1,200 factories near the Chinese capital, including a major oil refinery run by state oil giant Sinopec, to shut or cut output after authorities issued the highest possible air pollution alert.

  Topics: air-pollution, pollution, environment, government-and-politics, health, environmental-health, business-economics-and-finance, community-and-society, china

• WA Environment Minister unable to confirm if Cockburn Sound safe

  By Rebecca Turner

  Posted December 16, 2016 09:32:32 | Updated December 16, 2016 09:41:53

  Western Australia's Environment Minister is unable to confirm whether it is safe to swim or fish in Cockburn Sound due to potential contamination from toxic firefighting chemicals used on the HMAS Stirling naval base.

  Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, defence-industry, government-and-politics, community-and-society, environmental-health, garden-island-6168, perth-6000, wa

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