Angus Bretherwick, 6, with rash his family said was caused by the coal seam gas industry
A HEALTH scare and claims of a political cover-up have clouded coal seam gas projects a day before the Federal Government has to decide on two multibillion-dollar LNG schemes for Queensland.
Residents of Tara, near Dalby, yesterday released graphic images and accounts of rashes, illnesses and infections they claim occurred last year when coal seam gas project teams operating in the area used water from their extraction process to suppress dust.
A Department of Environment and Resource Management spokesman said the department was investigating the allegations but there was insufficient substantiating evidence.
The Western Downs Alliance, a group fighting against the CSG projects, said government officials asked them to not publicise the photographs until after it investigated the issue and a case against the company, Queensland Gas, went to court.
Courier Mail
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