The NSW government should suspend all coal seam gas (CSG) exploration licences following reports toxic chemicals were detected in Pilliga State Forest, the opposition says
Soil and water samples taken six months after a 10,000 litre saline water spill at Pilliga Forest, in northern NSW, showed high levels of a number of metals, the ABC reported on Wednesday.
The samples, taken by the Wilderness Society and tested by an independent lab, showed lead at five times the acceptable drinking water standard, arsenic at twice and chromium at 3.74 times the acceptable standards.
Last month, mining giant Santos reported 10,000 litres of saline water leaked in June 2011 at the Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Project, which was operated at the time by Eastern Star Gas.
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Editor's Note: Ok Bazza, what are you going to do about this.... waiting, waiting, waiting... and the silence is DEAFENING!
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