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Less Plastic is Fantastic
Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs The Honourable Meaghan Scanlon
Queensland now has new laws to ban single-use straws.
Polystyrene foam food containers and cups as well as single-use plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery and plates will all be banned from September 1, 2021 under new legislation passed by Queensland Parliament today (WED?).
Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said there was overwhelming community support for banning these types of products which were too often discarded thoughtlessly.
“Plastic pollution is spoiling our streets and parks, escaping into our ocean and waterways and killing our iconic wildlife,” Minister Scanlon said.
Pfizer’s newest vaccine plant has persistent mold issues, history of recalls
Pfizer s management knew last year there was a mold issue at the Kansas facility now slated to produce the drugmaker s urgently needed covid-19 vaccine, according to a Food and Drug Administration inspection report.
The McPherson, Kansas, facility, which FDA inspectors wrote is the nation s largest manufacturer of sterile injectable controlled substances, has a long, troubled history. Nearly a decade s worth of FDA inspection reports, recalls and reprimands reviewed by KHN show the facility as a repeat offender. FDA investigators have repeatedly noted in reports that the plant has failed to control quality and contamination or fully investigate after production failures.
By the Tahoe Business Monitor
The South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission is scheduled to vote today on whether to approve a new gas station, car wash and convenience store at the “Y” shopping center.
The project would replace the vacant service station at 1020 Emerald Bay Road, next to the Raley’s supermarket, which was recently demolished.
The project, known as “Raley’s Aisle 1 Fuel Station,” would include a 2,134-square-foot convenience store, a 1,310-square-foot automatic car wash and a fueling area with six gas pumps or 12 fueling stations.
The proposal also calls for installation of two double-walled fuel tanks, an “artistic” fence to screen the fuel pumps from Lake Tahoe Boulevard and Emerald Bay Road, landscaping and erosion control measures (best management practices or BMPs), according to a report by Judy Finn, assistant planner for the city of South Lake Tahoe. There would be 16 parking spaces.
$212m PFAS payout for property value loss and distress, but residents contamination fears linger
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Dianne Priddle runs a cattle stud near Oakey in Queensland and says PFAS contamination is a lifetime sentence for her family.
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Federal compensation has finally reached communities with PFAS-contaminated drinking and groundwater, but the ongoing clean-up and lingering health concerns are far from over.
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Some landowners still living with contamination face water insecurity and health concerns
The Department of Defence says there is no way to completely remove PFAS from aquifers, but it is trialling new technologies