Qld: Lawsuit blames farm chemicals for two-headed fish

AAP General News (Australia)
04-22-2010
Qld: Lawsuit blames farm chemicals for two-headed fish

A law firm wants an immediate ban on the chemical carbendazim .. blamed for macabre
deformities in fish at a Queensland hatchery.

The owner of the Sunland Fish Hatchery near Noosa on the Sunshine Coast has filed a
lawsuit claiming chemicals from an adjacent nut farm are to blame.

The Australian chemical regulator has also come under fire over the issue .. after
taking 13 years to review eight toxic chemicals that remain in use in Australia despite
many being banned overseas.

The conservation group WWF goes a step further .. and says the national pesticides
regulator is dysfunctional .. and any extension of its powers would be dangerous.

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KEYWORD: FISH (BRISBANE)

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