The CSIRO has rejected claims made by the coal seam gas industry in a new TV advertising campaign, and asked last week that the ads not be aired.
The commercial includes the statement: "CSIRO [and government studies] have shown that groundwater is safe with coal seam gas".
However, the national science body said this afternoon that this claim was not true.
"At no time has CSIRO made such a statement, and nor do the results of CSIRO research support such a statement," the organisation said.
"CSIRO has stated on the public record that coal seam gas extraction is likely to pose a 'low risk' to groundwater quality through contamination," it said.
The TV commercials were produced for the coal seam gas industry body, the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, which said it had "taken the CSIRO's comments on board".
Canberra Times
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