Sunday, July 18, 2010

Australian News #2: Bureaucrat stood down over carcinogenic water

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/16/2955669.htm

Government official has been allegedly ignored the incident of water supply being polluted by underground coal gasification. Cougar Energy which is responsible for the gasification has actually found cancer-causing chemicals in the water but did not report it to the relevant authority until the end of June. Government has promised to carry out intensive investigation over the matter and the company is not allowed to operate until further tests are done.

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