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A STAUNCH anti-dump campaigner says alarming statistics related to the life expectancy and the rates of lung cancer for residents in Ipswich suburbs near waste facilities should be a huge red flag for the state government and needs to be investigated further.
Ipswich Residents Against Toxic Environments secretary Geoff Yarham said the waste industry has already had a “significant effect on people’s amenity and health”.
With a proposed incinerator for Swanbank looming, other waste facilities in the works and Ipswich City Council battling waste operators over the approval of new developments in court, Mr Yarham says anxiety within the community is only rising.
Alarming cancer, life expectancy stats for residents near dumps
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Alarming cancer, life expectancy stats for locals near dumps
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