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Home›Research & Development›Australia: Dredging stirs harbour toxins
Research & Development

March 11, 2010 · about 16 years ago

Australia: Dredging stirs harbour toxins

Toxin tests on live mussels put in bags in the Swan River and Fremantle Harbour for the first six weeks of port dredging have shown detectable levels of tributyltin, polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals… [mappress] Source: the West Australian, March 11, 2010

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Toxin tests on live mussels put in bags in the Swan River and Fremantle Harbour for the first six weeks of port dredging have shown detectable levels of tributyltin, polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals…

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Source: the West Australian, March 11, 2010

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