| Author |
Title |
URL
|
Date |
| Brittany
Ruppert, Sydney Morning Herald, [content approved by Adam Winder (son) and
with edits by Elizabeth O'Brien, The LEAD Group Inc] |
Timelines:
Christopher Winder 1951-2014 OHS pioneer fought for workers - won an
Australia Museum Eureka Award: Professor Chris Winder [ONLINE 26 Feb 2015
AS Chris Winder obituary: OHS pioneer brought warmth to a dry debate] |
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/chris-winder-
obituary-ohs-pioneer-brought-warmth-to-a-dry-debate
-20150226-1226t3.html |
27/02/2015 |
| Newcastle
Herald |
Newcastle
Herald 100 or so photos re Toxic Truth Pasminco Smelter series 22 November
2014 and following weeks: Images from Pasminco and Boolaroo over the
years. Eg Circa 1959 Aerial Photograph of Pasminco Smelter |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2732119/residents-outraged
-remediation-no-longer-legally-required/#slide=1; |
21/11/2014 |
| Newcastle
Herald Journalists and outside Contributors |
Toxic
Truth Archive - The archive of the Newcastle Herald's Toxic Truth
investigation [November 22 to December 13, 2014] |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/271
1882/toxic-truth-archive/?cs=4365 |
27/12/2014 |
| Boomerang
Alliance (Jeff Angel) |
Boomerang
Alliance: Who We Are |
http://www.boomerangalliance.org.au/who-we-are.html |
7/01/2015 |
| Chief
Health Officer. NSW Department of Health |
Acting
on the public’s health: Reducing lead exposure of children in Broken
Hill AND Domain 2: Environmental determinants of health - Priority areas:
[No 5 of 6] Reduce lead exposure of young children in industrial
environments FROM Healthy People 2005: New Directions for Public Health -
Better Health Good Health Care in New South Wales, published August 2000 |
http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2000/
pdf/public2005.pdf |
1/08/2000 |
| DAVE
MIHALOVIC |
1
In 2 Children Will Have Autism by 2025, Warns Senior MIT Scientist |
http://preventdisease.com/news/14/122914_1-in-2-Children-
Autism-by-2025-Warns-Senior-MIT-Scientist.shtml |
28/12/2014 |
| Cole
Latimer |
New
species of metal eating plant uncovered: A new species of plant [Rinorea
niccolifera] that absorbs heavy metals has been discovered in the
Philippines. "only around 450 species of plant [are] known worldwide
to be hyperaccumulators of metals" |
http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/new-species-of-
metal-eating-plant-uncovered |
12/05/2014 |
| Cole
Latimer |
New
nickel accumulating plants uncovered: Researchers have uncovered dozens of
new nickel hyperaccumulator plants in a study in Borneo. Dr. Augustine
Doronila, from the University of Melbourne said the trees contain up to 3%
nickel "so there is the real potential to develop large nickel
‘farms’ in the Tropics" |
http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/
new-nickel-accumulating-plants-uncovered |
12/05/2014 |
| Professors
Mark Taylor and Bruce Lanphear |
Tribute
to Prof. Christopher Winder |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/
pii/S0160412014002037 |
27/06/2014 |
| The
Child & Family Centre, Broken Hill Health Service, NSW Health Far West
Local Health District |
leadnsw.com.au
incl: Home page; About - Lead in Broken Hill, Child & Family Health
Centre; Lead Health - Blood Lead Testing, Lead & the Body, At-Risk
Groups; Lead Education - Nutrition, Environment, Hygeine, Occupation,
Renovation, Starting a Family; Resources - Publications, Lead Links,
Community Partners; Contact Us. |
http://www.leadnsw.com.au/ |
1/06/2014 |
| Public
Eye Awards: Nominating Organisations: Multi-Watch; Observadores Glencore -
Xstrata; ASK 25 Jahre/Anos - Arbeitsgruppe Schweiz-Kolumbien |
Nomination
of Glencore to win the final Public Eye Lifetime Award for corporate
misconduct: human rights violations and environmental abuses |
http://publiceye.ch/case/glencore/ |
16/01/2015 |
| Advisory
Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention |
Guidelines
for Measuring Lead in Blood Using Point of Care Instruments |
http://cirrus.mail-list.com/leadnet/09072322.html |
24/10/2013 |
| Elizabeth
O'Brien and Sadie Grant Butler, The LEAD Group |
Opinion:
Pushing for people power. Part of the Newcastle Herald Toxic Truth
investigation |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2729383/
opinion-pushing-for-people-power/?cs=4365 |
28/11/2014 |
| Elizabeth
O’Brien, BSc, Grad Dip in Educational Studies (Health Educ’n),
Graphics by Elizabeth O'Brien, Kari McKern and Sue Gee |
[Info
Pack 23] Nutrition to Fight Lead Poisoning - one of the Lead Safe World
Solutions by The LEAD Group |
http://www.leadsafeworld.com/
nutrition-to-fight-lead-poisoning/;
https://lead.org.au/lanv10n2/
LEAD_Action_News_vol_10_no_2.pdf
|
29/01/2014 |
| Kari
McKern, |
Blood
Lead Challenge - Take the blood lead discovery and reporting challenge |
https://lead.org.au/fs/fst88.html;
https://lead.org.au/fs/Blood_Lead
_Challenge_20141022.pdf
|
22/10/2014 |
| Kari
McKern, translated into Spanish by Orlando Aguirre-Lopez |
El
Desafío del Plomo en la Sangre - Descubra el nivel de plomo en la sangre
y desafíe las estadísticas. [SPANISH] |
https://lead.org.au/fs/fst88Spanish.html;
https://lead.org.au/fs/El_Desafío_del_
Plomo_en_la_Sangre_20141022.pdf
|
22/10/2014 |
| Kari
McKern, translated into French by Orlando Aguirre-Lopez |
Défi
de Plomb dans le sang - Partez à la découverte de plomb dans votre sang
et informez nous. [FRENCH] |
https://lead.org.au/fs/fst88French.html;
https://lead.org.au/fs/Défi_de_
Plomb_dans_le_sang_20141022.pdf
|
22/10/2014 |
| Eaglemoss
Collections |
Star
Trek - The Official Starships Collection, Part 22 Magazine - with Star
Trek Deep Space Nine figurine & label on box. Recommended age 14+.
Warning! Collectable figurines. Not designed or intended for play by
children. Do not dispose of in domestic waste." [May be lead-free?] |
|
1/02/2015 |
| ABC
(Australian Broadcasting Commission)
|
ABC
News Topic - LEAD - - Australian Lead Poisoning / Lead
Mining etc LINKS TO LEAD News on the ABC website since 11 April 2008
|
STARTING
AT http://www.abc.net.au/news/topic/lead;
http://www.abc.net.au/news/topic/lead?page=1; ETC |
11/04/2008
|
| Jacqueline
Breen and Cherie von Horchner / Cherie von HörchnerABC (Australian
Broadcasting Commission) |
$13
million to tackle toxic lead levels in Broken Hill children AND NSW
Government delivers $13 million to fight Broken Hill lead levels |
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-13/high-
lead-blood-levels-children-broken-hill/6091812 AND http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-13/nsw-government
-to-announce-boost-in-funding-for-lead-abatement-/6090146 |
13/02/2015 |
| Collated
by Elizabeth O’Brien with assistance from Swetha Lingala (14 February
2015) of desktop research by Robert Taylor, photos by Catherine Sweeny for
The LEAD Group Inc with some information from Dr Walter Crinnion's book:
"Clean, Green and Lean". |
[Part
of Info Pack 23] Foods for Lead Detox - Alphabetical list of foods rich in
the nutrients which fight lead poisoning and List of how those Nutrients
help fight lead poisoning. |
http://www.leadsafeworld.com/solutions/foods-for-lead-detox/;
https://lead.org.au/fs/fst86.html;
https://lead.org.au/fs/Foods
_for_Lead_Detox_A-Z_20150214.pdf |
14/02/2015 |
| Charles
W. Schmidt |
Unsafe
Harbor? Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Refugee Children [eg 6 mth old
NIgerian boy with cosmetic eyeliner called Tiro applied since 2 wks of age
by parents to improve his "visual development". 2 yr old
Sudanese girl who died of lead poisoning after eating wall plaster from
under leaded paint. "The CDC recommends that all refugees aged 6
months to 16 years be screened for BLL, anemia, and nutritional status
upon arrival in the United States, with followup lead testing three to six
months after placement in permanent housing." |
http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/121-a190/; http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/
uploads/121/6/ehp.121-a190.pdf |
1/06/2013 |
| Ask
the Landlord including forum posts by Julie, Sean, Clara, TomL, Michael,
HennyPennycrafts, OrEGone, Tyler, Minnesota John, Gevans, Sparta,
donkeykong and johnjobe |
AsktheLandlord.com
Forums - General Category => General Landlording Discussion: Forum
Posts re: Lead Poisoning Liability [following the broadcast of
"Forensic Files" TV episode re a landlord jailed for not
notifying the parents of lead hazards in a US rental property before a
Sudanese 2 yr old refugee died of lead poisoning from eating paint &
plaster there] eg "I would require they have the kid tested for lead
poisoning and supply a copy of the results with their application [to
rent]." |
http://askthelandlord.com/forums/general-landlording
-discussion/lead-poisoning-liability/15/; http://askthelandlord.com/forums/general-landlording-
discussion/lead-poisoning-liability/?action=printpage |
16/03/2013 |
| Linda
Curran |
Environmental
Sensitivities Symposium online & free starting 23 March 2015 |
http://ecohealthsolutions.com.au/blog/environmental
-sensitivities-symposium/ |
16/02/2015 |
| Liz
Colon, LeadSafeKids |
Email
to Leadnet Listserv from Liz Colon of LeadSafeKids USA re lead-poisoning
death of 2-year-old Sudanese refugee in USA on Forensic Files episode
Sunday's Wake, prior to its first broadcast in the USA in August 2006 |
|
16/08/2006 |
| Forensic
Files |
Forensic
Files Death By Poison Sunday's Wake 1 and Sunday's Wake 2: When a little
girl got sick and died, investigators were stumped. Was it an accident, an
unexplained illness, or murder? Scientists would travel halfway around the
world before finding the answer in two unlikely places: a shredded legal
document and her mother's signature. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4dZdMGIl70;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C8wD1qsQq0 |
15/08/2006 |
| Kevin
Humphries MP, Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water, Minister
for Western NSW |
MEDIA
RELEASE Friday 13 February 2015 - NSW GOVERNMENT COMMITS MORE THAN $13
MILLION TO REDUCE LEAD LEVELS AT BROKEN HILL |
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/resources/MinMedia/EPAMin150213.pdf |
13/02/2015 |
|
Catalyst, ABC TV
|
Lead
Astray, on Catalyst, ABC TV Australia - first broadcast Tuesday, 10
February 2015. Watch the show online, read the transcript, follow the
links to buy a LEAD Group kit to test your home for lead, or make a
comment |
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4174798.htm |
10/02/2015
|
| Damon
Cronshaw |
TOXIC
TRUTH: Residents demand action over contamination. PART OF: Toxic Truth: A
Newcastle Herald Investigation [re: Boolaroo Smelter remediation
follow-up] |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2908188/toxic-truth
-residents-demand-action/?cs=4365 |
25/02/2015 |
| Matthew
Kelly |
Aftermath
of lead has cruel, lasting effects: Violent crime linked to exposure as
child; Poisonous legacy casts shadow over residents. [ONLINE 26/11/14 AS
Toxic Truth: High correlation between children exposed to lead and violent
crimes] PART OF: Toxic Truth: A Newcastle Herald Investigation [re:
Boolaroo Smelter remediation follow-up] |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2725072/revealed-
link-between-violent-crime-and-lead/ |
27/11/2014 |
| DAMON
CRONSHAW and DONNA PAGE |
Blood
testing possible stalling tactics [ONLINE 26/11/14 AS Boolaroo Action
Group says children aren't 'canaries', calls for 'real action' over lead
contamination] PART OF: Toxic Truth: A Newcastle Herald Investigation [re:
Boolaroo Smelter remediation follow-up] |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2725057/our-
children-arent-canaries/ |
27/11/2014 |
| MATTHEW
KELLY |
Families
lived happily, unaware of hidden danger of town’s heavy metals [ONLINE
26/11/14 AS Toxic Truth: Residents lived happily unaware of hidden danger
of town’s heavy metals] PART OF: Toxic Truth: A Newcastle Herald
Investigation [re: Boolaroo Smelter remediation follow-up] |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2725270/residents
-lived-happily-unaware-of-hidden-poison/ |
27/11/2014 |
| OLCA
(Observatorio Latino Americano de Conflictos Ambientales / Latin American
Observatory for Environmental Conflicts) - Chile, Paraguay, Mexico,
Ecuador and Colombia
|
Pese
a las regulaciones, el plomo sigue siendo una amenaza para la vida en
Chile [SPANISH] [TRANSLATION OF TITLE: In spite of regulations, lead
continues to be a menace to life in Chile] |
http://olca.cl/articulo/nota.php?id=103734 |
7/11/2013
|
| DONNA
PAGE |
Lead
clean-up funding sought PART OF: Toxic Truth: A Newcastle Herald
Investigation [re: Boolaroo Smelter remediation follow-up] |
|
27/11/2014 |
| MATTHEW
KELLY |
Group
talking action [ONLINE 28/1/15 AS Toxic Truth: Group talking action] PART
OF: Toxic Truth: A Newcastle Herald Investigation [re: Boolaroo Smelter
remediation follow-up] |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2847642/
group-talking-action/?cs=4365 |
27/11/2014 |
| MATTHEW
KELLY |
Raking
up a slag heap of memories PART OF: Toxic Truth: A Newcastle Herald
Investigation [re: Boolaroo Smelter remediation follow-up] |
|
27/11/2014 |
| HELEN
GREGORY |
Lead
found unsafe at any level in body [ONLINE 25/11/14 AS Toxic Truth: Lead
found unsafe at any level in body PART OF: Toxic Truth: A Newcastle Herald
Investigation [re: Boolaroo Smelter remediation follow-up] |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2726941/lead
-found-unsafe-at-any-level-in-body/ |
27/11/2014 |
| Craig
Dalton. |
Health
risk disappearing without soil remediation [ONLINE 25/11/14 AS Toxic
Truth: Health risk disappearing without soil remediation PART OF: Toxic
Truth: A Newcastle Herald Investigation [re: Boolaroo Smelter remediation
follow-up] |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2726945/health-
risk-disappearing-without-soil-remediation/ |
27/11/2014 |
| Jim
Sullivan |
[Letter
to the Editor of the Newcastle Herald from Jim Sullivan] LETTER: Boolaroo
bleeds over lead, REGARDING the article ‘‘Blood testing possible
stalling tactics’’ (Herald 27/11/14): PART OF: Toxic Truth: A
Newcastle Herald Investigation [re: Boolaroo Smelter remediation
follow-up] |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2729350/letter-
boolaroo-bleeds-over-lead/ |
28/11/2014 |
| NEWCASTLE
HERALD
|
We
simply left the house empty and walked away[ONLINE 25/11/14 AS Toxic
Truth: We simply left the house empty and walked away] PART OF: Toxic
Truth: A Newcastle Herald Investigation [re: Boolaroo Smelter remediation
follow-up] |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2726946/we-
simply-left-the-house-empty-and-walked-away/ |
27/11/2014
|
| Donna
Page, Matthew Kelly, Helen Gregory and Damon Cronshaw |
EXPOSED
- Toxic slag spread across city BLACK BELT. PART OF: Toxic Truth: A
Newcastle Herald Investigation [re: Boolaroo Smelter remediation
follow-up] |
|
27/11/2014 |
| Donna
Page, Matthew Kelly, Helen Gregory and Damon Cronshaw |
Smelter
by-product not a high priority says EPA - Slag risks Ignored [ONLINE
25/11/14 AS Toxic Truth: Smelter by-product not a high priority says EPA
Slag risks Ignored PART OF: Toxic Truth: A Newcastle Herald Investigation
[re: Boolaroo Smelter remediation follow-up] |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2729584/
black-slag-risks-ignored/ |
27/11/2014 |
| NEWCASTLE
HERALD |
Tests
show high lead lurks in playgrounds ONLINE 28/11/14 AS Toxic Truth: Tests
show high lead lurks in playgrounds PART OF: Toxic Truth: A Newcastle
Herald Investigation [re: Boolaroo Smelter remediation follow-up] |
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2729586/
tests-show-high-lead-lurks-in-playgrounds/ |
27/11/2014 |
