HortNews - Arsenic Warning To Watercress Gatherers
Aquatic plants may provide an answer to problems with arsenic-contaminated drinking water, HortResearch scientist Brent Robinson said today. WELLINGTON 28/01/2003 - Aquatic plants may provide an answer to problems with arsenic-contaminated ... [... more]
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Property Owners Will Have To Pay For Contamination Testing
Nearly 5000 property owners will have to pay for tests to find out if their Auckland homes are sitting on land potentially contaminated with higher than recommended levels of DDT, lead and arsenic. AUCKLAND, 2/11/2004 - Nearly 5000 property ... [... more]
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HortNews - A Thousand Auckland Homes Could Be Built On DDT
More than a thousand Aucklanders are about to find out that the land their houses are built on could contain dangerous levels of DDT, arsenic, lead and copper from dumped horticultural sprays. AUCKLAND, 29/10/2004 - More than a thousand ... [... more]
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Hubbard To Send Letters To Property Owners Over Health Risks
Auckland city mayor Dick Hubbard has stepped in to ensure residents know whether their properties could contain dangerous levels of DDT, arsenic, lead and copper from horticultural sprays. AUCKLAND, 30/10/2004 - Auckland city mayor Dick Hubbard ... [... more]
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HortNews - Anxious Residents Wait For Maps Revealing ...
Letters and maps pinpointing the locations of more than 1000 Auckland properties potentially contaminated by dangerous levels of DDT, arsenic, lead and copper will be sent out to anxious residents tomorrow. AUCKLAND, 1/11/2004 - Letters and maps ... [... more]
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Katherine Dunn
Katherine Dunn is the story of the Binewskis, a carny family whose mater- and paterfamilias set out-with the help of amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes-to breed their own exhibit of human oddities. There's Arturo the Aquaboy, who has ... [... more]
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