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Dam should be demolished over blue-green algae concerns, residents say
By Rachel Holdsworth

Mannus Lake Dam in southern New South Wales was built in the 1980s for fishing. Landholders want it torn down at a cost of $13 million to stop blue-green algae blooms.

abc.net.au/news/2025-06-12/blu

ABC News · Blue-green algae concerns prompt push for demolition of Mannus Lake DamBy Rachel Holdsworth
#Water#DamsandReservoirs#RegionalCommunities
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Curtis Nordgaard

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The Silent Spring Institute is an independent research organization that investigates the environmental causes of breast cancer. The program will cover many aspects of #EnvironmentalHealth and #Cancer, including research methods and translating research findings.

silentspring.org/event/silent-

Silent Spring InstituteSilent Spring Summer InstituteA free online course for high school students about environmental health, featuring leading experts from Silent Spring Institute. 
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Masses of small fish washing up in Hobart has locals concerned
By Madeleine Rojahn

Seen in their hundreds along rocky foreshores between Taroona and Sandy Bay, the sight of the small pelagic fish in the River Derwent has raised questions about the cause of the mass die-off.

abc.net.au/news/2025-05-18/mas

ABC News · Fish believed to be sardines or pilchards wash up in the hundreds in HobartBy Madeleine Rojahn
#EnvironmentalHealth#Environment#MadeleineRojahn
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"A toxicology-focused journal is stepping in after the decision by Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), which is published by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), to pause the acceptance of new manuscripts after receiving a letter from the US Department of Justice.”

cen.acs.org/policy/publishing/

Chemical & Engineering NewsAs NIH publication halts manuscript acceptance, <i>ToxSci</i> steps in‘Journal of Toxicological Sciences’ will consider manuscripts that have been under review for ‘Environmental Health Perspectives’
#NIH#JournalPublishing#JournalEditing
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'Sacrificial community' pushes back against $1.5b waste incinerator
By Hamish Cole

The facility proposed for Parkes could turn 600,000 tonnes of waste into energy each year, but residents fear it may have dangerous health consequences.

abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/com

ABC News · Parkes residents oppose plans for $1.5b waste incinerator over health concernsBy Hamish Cole
#AlternativeEnergy#EnergyPolicy#EnvironmentalHealth
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SA's toxic algal bloom 'larger than we have ever seen before'
By Rachael Merritt

A toxic algal bloom linked with marine deaths across South Australia has grown to an unprecedented scale and will only be stopped by a change in weather, Environment Minister Susan Close says.

abc.net.au/news/2025-05-08/siz

ABC News · SA's toxic algal bloom similar to size of Kangaroo Island, state government saysBy Rachael Merritt
#MarineBiology#EnvironmentalHealth#RachaelMerritt
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