Toxic Truth Archive

REPORTS

• We won’t back down December 13

• Cap on contaminated soil too shallow for trees December 13

• State 'stonewalling' on Boolaroo remediation December 13

• OPINION: Boolaroo - the town I call home December 13

• Residents demand December 12

• Pasminco remediation criticised December 12

• Prisoners of propaganda December 8

• Renewed hope for lead compo December 6 

• Baird will hear concerns over Pasminco legacy December 5

• New home joy turned to shock at lead levels December 4

• Wash, wipe you’ll be right December 4

• 'Cap and cover' failed to protect December 3

• Contamination fears for junior footballers December 2

• Attempt to get more help for community December 2

• Goodwill sought in land clean-up December 1

• Patch test checks for safe soils December 1

• Waiver deal could face legal challenge December 1

• Residents outraged remediation no longer legally required December 1

• IAN KIRKWOOD: Pasminco’s rocky road December 1

• OPINION: Recollections of a great place to grow up November 29

• OPINION: Pushing for people power November 29

• Black slag spread in parks despite ‘possible health risks’ November 29

• Tests show high lead lurks in playgrounds November 29

• Evidence of leaching ‘confirms’ suspicions November 29

• Black slag risks 'ignored' November 29

• Lead found unsafe at any level in body November 28

• Health risk disappearing without soil remediation November 28

• ‘We simply left the house empty and walked away’ November 28

• Poison’s legacy hangs heavy over adult lives November 27

• Residents lived happily unaware of hidden poison November 27

• Our children aren't 'canaries' November 27

• Revealed: Link between violent crime and lead November 27

• Pollution remains, despite 'remediation site' label November 26

• Childhood spent in waste water creek November 26

• Fish contamination study call November 26

• Conroy calls for EPA assurance November 26

• MP calls for review into ‘failed’ smelter clean-up November 25

• Councillors concerned by State failures November 25

• Esperance lead clean-up best practice  November 25

• No escaping dust for neighbours of moonscape November 25

• Professor warns of future chemical leak risk at Pasminco November 24

• Pasminco clean-up complete November 24

• Grid's net not cast widely enough: study November 24

• Mixed emotions about a life spent at the smelter November 24

• Residents feel neglected in 'cover-up' November 24

• Lead in their lives leaves bitter legacy November 24

• Sad legacy of pollution November 22

• Kids’ health major worry for parents November 22

• Taxpayers to pay for clean-up November 22

• In the shadow of the smelter November 22

• Lead levels fluctuate wildly November 22

• Boolaroo through and through November 22

• Rise and fall in smelting moments November 22

• Residents want profits for clean-up November 22

• History of a heavy industry November 22

• High volume heavy metal November 22

• Testing methodology November 22

• Reports on lead in Boolaroo November 22

VIDEOS AND MULTIMEDIA

• The Pasminco Story | Part One

• The Pasminco Story | Part Two

• Toxic Truth: Little Things Matter

• Toxic Truth: Peter Lewis' view

[102 PHOTOS including old aerial photographs of Pasminco smelter]

May 1969: Pasminco Smelter (Photo: Newcastle Herald)

Left Out to Dry: Jim Sullivan (Photo: Newcastle Herald)

Black Slag: Warwick Burgess and Barry Butler Inspect Slag Heap at Pasminco, 1996 (Photo: Newcastle Herald)