A critical report on the impacts of lead mining on children’s blood lead levels was hidden from the public for four years.
In that time, a Parliamentary Inquiry hearing on lead mining was held in the Mudgee region, and the Bowdens lead mine in Mudgee was approved.
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In that time, a Parliamentary Inquiry hearing on lead mining was held in the Mudgee region, and the Bowdens lead mine in Mudgee was approved.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
September 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Excellent piece in The Guardian this past Sunday, providing an update on the past decade of #industrialcleanup and #soilremediation in NE Oklahoma, under the strwardship of the Quapaw Nation
#envhist
#PeoplesHistory
#InCorporationsWeTrust
#stripmining
#publichealth
#waterpolitics
#BloodLeadLevels
#envhist
#PeoplesHistory
#InCorporationsWeTrust
#stripmining
#publichealth
#waterpolitics
#BloodLeadLevels
Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life
The Quapaw Nation is the only US Native community to carry out a cleanup of one of the country’s worst sites of environmental contamination
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Excellent piece in The Guardian this past Sunday, providing an update on the past decade of #industrialcleanup and #soilremediation in NE Oklahoma, under the strwardship of the Quapaw Nation
#envhist
#PeoplesHistory
#InCorporationsWeTrust
#stripmining
#publichealth
#waterpolitics
#BloodLeadLevels
#envhist
#PeoplesHistory
#InCorporationsWeTrust
#stripmining
#publichealth
#waterpolitics
#BloodLeadLevels
Fighting for environmental clean-up of former mining sites in NE Oklahoma, dating back to WWII weapons production
#InCorporationsWeTrust
#TheMessWarLeftBehind
#MIC #MilitaryIndustrialComplex
#StripMining
#envhist
#waterpolitics
#soilremediation
#PeoplesHistory #publichealth #BloodLeadLevels
#InCorporationsWeTrust
#TheMessWarLeftBehind
#MIC #MilitaryIndustrialComplex
#StripMining
#envhist
#waterpolitics
#soilremediation
#PeoplesHistory #publichealth #BloodLeadLevels
Miami nonprofit wins national award for fighting decades of mining pollution
The Brief
www.koamnewsnow.com
May 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Fighting for environmental clean-up of former mining sites in NE Oklahoma, dating back to WWII weapons production
#InCorporationsWeTrust
#TheMessWarLeftBehind
#MIC #MilitaryIndustrialComplex
#StripMining
#envhist
#waterpolitics
#soilremediation
#PeoplesHistory #publichealth #BloodLeadLevels
#InCorporationsWeTrust
#TheMessWarLeftBehind
#MIC #MilitaryIndustrialComplex
#StripMining
#envhist
#waterpolitics
#soilremediation
#PeoplesHistory #publichealth #BloodLeadLevels
#Keytoxinproducingfactories recycle waste/scrap metal sent by US auto manufacturers-- car batteries & hazardous waste, releasing a total of 4,362lbs/1979kg of toxic lead into the air/year 2021 - 2023 – more than all the companies in many US states. #Bloodleadlevels are high in residents.
December 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
#Keytoxinproducingfactories recycle waste/scrap metal sent by US auto manufacturers-- car batteries & hazardous waste, releasing a total of 4,362lbs/1979kg of toxic lead into the air/year 2021 - 2023 – more than all the companies in many US states. #Bloodleadlevels are high in residents.