Australia - Water 'toxic' claims community
Water 'toxic' claims community
Residents of a remote Kimberley community say the government has known for months that their water supply is making children sick.
The residents of Mulan in the East Kimberley say their water supply contains dangerously high levels of sodium and fluoride, which is destroying children's teeth and giving them high blood pressure.
Community chief executive Margaret Jacobson says residents put their concerns to the Health Minister Kim Hames when he visited Mulan two months ago but nothing has been done.
She says it is completely unacceptable that children's health is being put at risk.
"That's my biggest concern, that they sit there accepting the fact that this is the quality of their drinking water, and unless someone does something about it, it's just going to be considered an aesthetic problem.
"There's no way anyone else travelling out here would drink the water."
The Minister's office has been contacted for comment.
Residents of a remote Kimberley community say the government has known for months that their water supply is making children sick.
The residents of Mulan in the East Kimberley say their water supply contains dangerously high levels of sodium and fluoride, which is destroying children's teeth and giving them high blood pressure.
Community chief executive Margaret Jacobson says residents put their concerns to the Health Minister Kim Hames when he visited Mulan two months ago but nothing has been done.
She says it is completely unacceptable that children's health is being put at risk.
"That's my biggest concern, that they sit there accepting the fact that this is the quality of their drinking water, and unless someone does something about it, it's just going to be considered an aesthetic problem.
"There's no way anyone else travelling out here would drink the water."
The Minister's office has been contacted for comment.
posted by Bill at
10:04 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home