National Toxics Network (NTN) is calling on State governments to carry out a full assessment of the impacts of coal seam gas (CSG) on animals living in close proximity to gas wells following today’s release of a scientific study demonstrating the gas industry’s serious impacts on livestock.
The study found animals, including livestock and domestic animals, are sensitive to the contaminants released into the environment by drilling and to the cumulative impacts of exposure over time.
“Animals are exposed to the same environmental impacts as we are. But as this study has shown, they tend to suffer more direct exposure and since they have shorter lives and reproductive cycles, it is easier to see the adverse health effects of the gas industry, “ said Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith, NTN Senior Advisor.
National Toxic Network
Editor's Note: Why havent the State Government's that are involved in CSG Mining carried out assessments on the impact of CSG Mining on the animals living close by? This is an election issue - that needs our State Politician's attention!
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