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MEDIA RELEASE Friday 1st August 2008 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Republication of LEAD Action News |
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The republication of LEAD Action News marks a new phase in the global campaign against lead contamination. Elizabeth O’Brien, the United Nations award-winning President of The LEAD Group, stressed that the newsletter would highlight the fact ‘that removing lead from motor vehicle petrol is only the first step in a global strategy to rid the earth of the great menace of lead poisoning.’ She said that ‘Too many people believe the war was won when we removed lead from petrol in Australia. This is just not the case. The newsletter highlights the continued contamination by lead of houses and whole towns like Esperance in Western Australia. It explores the pernicious export of lead, wait for it, from AUSTRALIA, to make the additive for road-use leaded petrol for sale in 16 countries in Europe and the developing world.’ Ms O’Brien reports on her recent UN meeting in Beijing, on the global phase-out of leaded petrol for motor vehicles.
President O’Brien wishes to thank the Australian Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts * for contributing funding for the Global Lead Advice and Support Service Programme. Contact: Elizabeth O’Brien, The LEAD Group - +61 2 9716 0132, mobile +61 431 184 933 ### |
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