CLAIMS by anti coal-seam gas campaigners that laboratory tests proved CSG posed a "serious threat to humans" in northern NSW have been debunked by the scientist who conducted the tests.
The comments by Graham Lancaster, the director of the environmental analysis laboratory at Southern Cross University in Lismore, are an embarrassment for anti-CSG group Lock the Gate, which has accused mining companies of disseminating propaganda.
Mr Lancaster said yesterday the sample taken surreptitiously by activists from a CSG wastewater pond near Casino contained “extremely high sediment” and proved nothing about the toxicity of water in the pond.
The sample was used successfully in the media by Lock the Gate to debunk a claim by Metgasco, the CSG exploration company that operated the pond, that its wastewater was safe to use for irrigation, or even to drink.
The Australian
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