Heavy Metal Poisoning in an Australian Lead Mining Town
 – the View from the Trenches

Contents

1. Toxic Sludge Taints the White House
2. Editorial
3. Arsenic and Lead Contamination in  Tasmanian West Coast Mining Town
4. Government response to residents' claims of contamination and poisoning
5. Health Statistics in West Coast Mining Towns
6. Is Rosebery a Health Hazard?
7. Cats and Dogs – the Canaries Down the Mine “Kuba” and “Storm”
8. A Family of Dogs and the Tragedy of Rosebery
9. Background on MMG Rosebery Mine
10. Demographics from the Bureau of Statistics
11. Links to Other Important Information on Rosebery
12. Rosebery heavy metals Table 2008 (updated 12/5/10)
13. The Need for Expert Clinical Assessments in Diagnosis of Heavy Metal Poisoning
14. Critique of Toxicology Reports carried out by Professors Daly & Braitberg
15. West Coast Council Mayor Darryl Gerrity Backflips on Responsibility
16. Mineral Resources Tasmania Review Reveals Alarming Effects from Mine Discharge on Aquatic Fauna Communities
17. Acknowledgements
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Poisoned Rosebery Residents protest outside Parliament House, Hobart, July 2009

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