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Industrial emissions have blown across Mount Isa for decades. Mark P. Taylor

February 21, 2017

Mount Isa contamination ‘within guidelines’ but residents told to clean their homes

Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University; Chenyin Dong, Macquarie University, and Dr Paul Harvey, Macquarie University

Glencore has admitted responsibility for air pollution in Mount Isa, but its latest report puts the onus on residents to minimise their exposure to lead contamination in their homes.

Children living closest to the mines had the lowest literacy and numeracy scores. Katherine Clark/Flickr

October 5, 2015

Australian children exposed to toxic mining metals do worse at school

Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University; Chenyin Dong, Macquarie University; Louise Kristensen, Macquarie University, and Sammy Zahran, Colorado State University

Children in mining and smelting towns who are exposed high levels of lead, arsenic and cadmium are more than twice as likely to have developmental disorders than the national average.

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