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August 31, 2007
Unlike Pulpmill Pete ---the new style Peter Garrett, aspiring ALP Environment Minister----the Tasmanian academics swing into action. Some background on the pulp mill by Warwick Raverty in New Matilda.
Sharpe
The Tasmanian branch of the Australian Medical Association says that it has concerns relate to the additional air pollution particles in the Tamar Valley so close to Launceston city, the likelihood of the mill's bad smell causing headaches and nausea, the expected increase in log truck accidents and the accumulation of toxic dioxins and furans in the food chain.
AMA spokesman Andrew Jackson said the AMA had concluded it was unable to support the mill, despite the organisation not being opposed to large-scale industrial development in Tasmania.
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