A leading Australian environmental scientist says it’s time to reinvestigate the impact of heavy metals from mining in Papua New Guinea on the Torres Strait in far north Queensland.
The Ok Tedi gold and copper mine, formerly owned by BHP, continues to pump millions of tonnes of tailings into the Fly River, one of the world’s largest river systems.
It’s almost 20 years since the Torres Strait Baseline Study by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority into the impact of pollutants from the Fly River on islanders.
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