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  1. Is pesticide spray on food leading to movement disorders?
    Precautionary principle - ban paraquat

    "Paraquat and the related herbicide diquat are fast-acting weedkillers that farming groups say are essential for controlling resistant weeds."

    "Multiple epidemiological studies from different groups of scientists have shown that people exposed to paraquat have around a three times greater risk [of developing Parkinson's disease]."

    'The chemicals have been under review by the APVMA since 1997 and they are banned in the EU, the UK and China due to their toxicity.'

    "There are now multiple epidemiological studies or real-world exposure studies that have suggested that paraquat increases the risk of Parkinson's disease by around threefold...Like Australia, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to allow restricted use of the pesticide despite ongoing health concerns." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/neu

    Visualising the “blanket of agricultural toxins” from space
    This Yellow Glyphosate Map Reveals Where Farmers in the Netherlands Spray the Controversial Herbicide >>
    europeanpressprize.com/article
    #food #pesticides #glyphosate #Roundup #paraquat #weedkillers #SprayDrift #volatilisation #neurotoxicity #MovementDisorders #toxins #harm #farm #workers #residents #councils #LoggingIndustry #science #APVMA #regulation #Australia #SoilDegradation #water

  2. Is pesticide spray on food leading to movement disorders?
    Precautionary principle - ban paraquat

    "Paraquat and the related herbicide diquat are fast-acting weedkillers that farming groups say are essential for controlling resistant weeds."

    "Multiple epidemiological studies from different groups of scientists have shown that people exposed to paraquat have around a three times greater risk [of developing Parkinson's disease]."

    'The chemicals have been under review by the APVMA since 1997 and they are banned in the EU, the UK and China due to their toxicity.'

    "There are now multiple epidemiological studies or real-world exposure studies that have suggested that paraquat increases the risk of Parkinson's disease by around threefold...Like Australia, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to allow restricted use of the pesticide despite ongoing health concerns." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/neu

    Visualising the “blanket of agricultural toxins” from space
    This Yellow Glyphosate Map Reveals Where Farmers in the Netherlands Spray the Controversial Herbicide >>
    europeanpressprize.com/article
    #food #pesticides #glyphosate #Roundup #paraquat #weedkillers #SprayDrift #volatilisation #neurotoxicity #MovementDisorders #toxins #harm #farm #workers #residents #councils #LoggingIndustry #science #APVMA #regulation #Australia #SoilDegradation #water

  3. Logging the Promised Land, Bellingen/ Gleniffer

    Promised Land Forest! Tuckers Nob, 250 ha, 130ha clearfall, 120 ha thinning.

    Stakeholder Consultation - Remnant Forest Protection & Tuckers Nob Forestry Operations Compartments 8, 10, 11, 12, 17 18 >>
    surveymonkey.com/r/TuckersRemn

    How NSW Forestry converts native forest to plantations , Dr Tim Cadman
    youtube.com/watch?v=4wY9HzWwEvs

    Unfortunately most residents and Friends groups use (closed) proprietary social media platforms, owned by the parent company of Meta Platforms
    #SaveTuckersNob #FriendsOfTuckersNob #BellingenLogging #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #loggingIndustry #loggingIndustry #loggingImpacts #biodiversity #remnants #wildlife #koalas #harm #Gleniffer #Bellingen #PromisedLand #NSW #MIdNorthCoast #SaveChristmasHoles

  4. Logging the Promised Land, Bellingen/ Gleniffer

    Promised Land Forest! Tuckers Nob, 250 ha, 130ha clearfall, 120 ha thinning.

    Stakeholder Consultation - Remnant Forest Protection & Tuckers Nob Forestry Operations Compartments 8, 10, 11, 12, 17 18 >>
    surveymonkey.com/r/TuckersRemn

    How NSW Forestry converts native forest to plantations , Dr Tim Cadman
    youtube.com/watch?v=4wY9HzWwEvs

    Unfortunately most residents and Friends groups use (closed) proprietary social media platforms, owned by the parent company of Meta Platforms
    #SaveTuckersNob #FriendsOfTuckersNob #BellingenLogging #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #loggingIndustry #loggingIndustry #loggingImpacts #biodiversity #remnants #wildlife #koalas #harm #Gleniffer #Bellingen #PromisedLand #NSW #MIdNorthCoast #SaveChristmasHoles

  5. Study finds Tasmanian native forest logging increases potential for more severe bushfires

    "Logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks...A fire expert says mature forests can "act as a buffer" to slow bushfires, whereas regrowth eucalypts are more flammable."

    "The study has found around a fifth of Tasmanian tall wet forest is regrowth under 40 years old, largely a result of intensive logging and recent fires."

    "Professor Bowman said this raised concerns around community safety and the sustainability of the state's timber industry."
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/bus

    Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.
    #bushfires #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #FCNSW #risks #harm #forests #biodiversity #CommunitySafety #Bellingenshire #RegrowthHazard

  6. Study finds Tasmanian native forest logging increases potential for more severe bushfires

    "Logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks...A fire expert says mature forests can "act as a buffer" to slow bushfires, whereas regrowth eucalypts are more flammable."

    "The study has found around a fifth of Tasmanian tall wet forest is regrowth under 40 years old, largely a result of intensive logging and recent fires."

    "Professor Bowman said this raised concerns around community safety and the sustainability of the state's timber industry."
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/bus

    Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.
    #bushfires #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #FCNSW #risks #harm #forests #biodiversity #CommunitySafety #Bellingenshire #RegrowthHazard

  7. Study finds Tasmanian native forest logging increases potential for more severe bushfires

    "Logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks...A fire expert says mature forests can "act as a buffer" to slow bushfires, whereas regrowth eucalypts are more flammable."

    "The study has found around a fifth of Tasmanian tall wet forest is regrowth under 40 years old, largely a result of intensive logging and recent fires."

    "Professor Bowman said this raised concerns around community safety and the sustainability of the state's timber industry."
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/bus

    Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.
    #bushfires #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #FCNSW #risks #harm #forests #biodiversity #CommunitySafety #Bellingenshire #RegrowthHazard

  8. Study finds Tasmanian native forest logging increases potential for more severe bushfires

    "Logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks...A fire expert says mature forests can "act as a buffer" to slow bushfires, whereas regrowth eucalypts are more flammable."

    "The study has found around a fifth of Tasmanian tall wet forest is regrowth under 40 years old, largely a result of intensive logging and recent fires."

    "Professor Bowman said this raised concerns around community safety and the sustainability of the state's timber industry."
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/bus

    Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.
    #bushfires #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #FCNSW #risks #harm #forests #biodiversity #CommunitySafety #Bellingenshire #RegrowthHazard

  9. Study finds Tasmanian native forest logging increases potential for more severe bushfires

    "Logging worsens bushfires because regrowth eucalyptus trees are highly flammable in comparison to mature trees, which act as "green fire breaks...A fire expert says mature forests can "act as a buffer" to slow bushfires, whereas regrowth eucalypts are more flammable."

    "The study has found around a fifth of Tasmanian tall wet forest is regrowth under 40 years old, largely a result of intensive logging and recent fires."

    "Professor Bowman said this raised concerns around community safety and the sustainability of the state's timber industry."
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/bus

    Landscape-scale experimental proof that tall wet Eucalyptus regrowth burns more severely than mature forest >>
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.
    #bushfires #LoggingImpacts #NSWLogging #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #FCNSW #risks #harm #forests #biodiversity #CommunitySafety #Bellingenshire #RegrowthHazard

  10. Smoulderscape

    Still suffocating in smoke pollution
    from the 'agricultural activity' of
    post-harvest burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
    of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

    Déjà vu
    * " “Rome Plows,” massive bulldozers with an armor-fortified cutting blade, could clear 1,000 acres a day. Enormous concussive bombs, known as “daisy cutters”, flattened forests and set off shock waves killing everything within a 3,000-foot (900-meter) radius, down to earthworms in the soil. " >>
    theconversation.com/50-years-l

    * Ecocide and the history of herbicidal warfare in the Vietnam War >>
    anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-an

    #Pollution #Smoke #pollution #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #BellingenLogging #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

  11. Smoulderscape

    Still suffocating in smoke pollution
    from the 'agricultural activity' of
    post-harvest burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
    of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

    Déjà vu
    * " “Rome Plows,” massive bulldozers with an armor-fortified cutting blade, could clear 1,000 acres a day. Enormous concussive bombs, known as “daisy cutters”, flattened forests and set off shock waves killing everything within a 3,000-foot (900-meter) radius, down to earthworms in the soil. " >>
    theconversation.com/50-years-l

    * Ecocide and the history of herbicidal warfare in the Vietnam War >>
    anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-an

    #Pollution #Smoke #pollution #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #BellingenLogging #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

  12. Smoulderscape

    Still suffocating in smoke pollution
    from the 'agricultural activity' of
    post-harvest burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
    of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

    Déjà vu
    * " “Rome Plows,” massive bulldozers with an armor-fortified cutting blade, could clear 1,000 acres a day. Enormous concussive bombs, known as “daisy cutters”, flattened forests and set off shock waves killing everything within a 3,000-foot (900-meter) radius, down to earthworms in the soil. " >>
    theconversation.com/50-years-l

    * Ecocide and the history of herbicidal warfare in the Vietnam War >>
    anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-an

    #Pollution #Smoke #pollution #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #BellingenLogging #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

  13. Smoulderscape

    Still suffocating in smoke pollution
    from the 'agricultural activity' of
    post-harvest burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
    of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

    Déjà vu
    * " “Rome Plows,” massive bulldozers with an armor-fortified cutting blade, could clear 1,000 acres a day. Enormous concussive bombs, known as “daisy cutters”, flattened forests and set off shock waves killing everything within a 3,000-foot (900-meter) radius, down to earthworms in the soil. " >>
    theconversation.com/50-years-l

    * Ecocide and the history of herbicidal warfare in the Vietnam War >>
    anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-an

    #Pollution #Smoke #pollution #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #BellingenLogging #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

  14. Smoulderscape

    Still suffocating in smoke pollution
    from the 'agricultural activity' of
    post-harvest burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
    of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

    Déjà vu
    * " “Rome Plows,” massive bulldozers with an armor-fortified cutting blade, could clear 1,000 acres a day. Enormous concussive bombs, known as “daisy cutters”, flattened forests and set off shock waves killing everything within a 3,000-foot (900-meter) radius, down to earthworms in the soil. " >>
    theconversation.com/50-years-l

    * Ecocide and the history of herbicidal warfare in the Vietnam War >>
    anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-an

    #Pollution #Smoke #pollution #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #BellingenLogging #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

  15. Suffocating in smoke pollution
    from the 'agricultural activity' of
    post-harvest pile burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
    of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

    "You can kill a person with post-harvest burning just as well as with an axe”.
    (Bertolt Brech, slightly altered)

    "Structural violence
    is a form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs or rights."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structur

    When residents express their concerns about the prolonged toxic pollution to the relevant state institutions, the response is along the lines of 'close up your house, stay indoors or move away and shut up.'

    Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161460

    (The original quote: "You can kill a person with an apartment just as well as with an axe”. Heinrich Zille/ B. Brecht)

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

  16. Suffocating in smoke pollution
    from the 'agricultural activity' of
    post-harvest pile burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
    of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

    "You can kill a person with post-harvest burning just as well as with an axe”.
    (Bertolt Brech, slightly altered)

    "Structural violence
    is a form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs or rights."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structur

    When residents express their concerns about the prolonged toxic pollution to the relevant state institutions, the response is along the lines of 'close up your house, stay indoors or move away and shut up.'

    Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161460

    (The original quote: "You can kill a person with an apartment just as well as with an axe”. Heinrich Zille/ B. Brecht)

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

  17. Suffocating in smoke pollution
    from the 'agricultural activity' of
    post-harvest pile burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
    of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

    "You can kill a person with post-harvest burning just as well as with an axe”.
    (Bertolt Brech, slightly altered)

    "Structural violence
    is a form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs or rights."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structur

    When residents express their concerns about the prolonged toxic pollution to the relevant state institutions, the response is along the lines of 'close up your house, stay indoors or move away and shut up.'

    Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161460

    (The original quote: "You can kill a person with an apartment just as well as with an axe”. Heinrich Zille/ B. Brecht)

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

  18. Suffocating in smoke pollution
    from the 'agricultural activity' of
    post-harvest pile burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
    of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

    "You can kill a person with post-harvest burning just as well as with an axe”.
    (Bertolt Brech, slightly altered)

    "Structural violence
    is a form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs or rights."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structur

    When residents express their concerns about the prolonged toxic pollution to the relevant state institutions, the response is along the lines of 'close up your house, stay indoors or move away and shut up.'

    Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161460

    (The original quote: "You can kill a person with an apartment just as well as with an axe”. Heinrich Zille/ B. Brecht)

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

  19. Suffocating in smoke pollution
    from the 'agricultural activity' of
    post-harvest pile burning by the cellulose 'plantations'
    of the NSW government's Forestry Corporation.

    "You can kill a person with post-harvest burning just as well as with an axe”.
    (Bertolt Brech, slightly altered)

    "Structural violence
    is a form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs or rights."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structur

    When residents express their concerns about the prolonged toxic pollution to the relevant state institutions, the response is along the lines of 'close up your house, stay indoors or move away and shut up.'

    Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm >>
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161460

    (The original quote: "You can kill a person with an apartment just as well as with an axe”. Heinrich Zille/ B. Brecht)

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #soot #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #PostHarvestBurning #agriculture #PileBurning #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #CleanAir #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care #StructuralViolence

  20. Forestry - The production of toxic pollution to get a few woodchips out of complex biodiversity

    Before the leftovers of the cellulose factory (forest 'plantations') in this area are incinerated, a copious cocktail of pesticides is applied.

    #pesticides #air #SprayDrift #water #soil #health #crucial #starane #AssociatePulse #PileBurning #biodiversity #wildlife #FCNSW #TuckersNobSF #Bellingenshire #BellingenLogging ##Gleniffer #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities

  21. Forestry - The production of toxic pollution to get a few woodchips out of complex biodiversity

    Before the leftovers of the cellulose factory (forest 'plantations') in this area are incinerated, a copious cocktail of pesticides is applied.

    #pesticides #air #SprayDrift #water #soil #health #crucial #starane #AssociatePulse #PileBurning #biodiversity #wildlife #FCNSW #TuckersNobSF #Bellingenshire #BellingenLogging ##Gleniffer #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities

  22. Forestry - The production of toxic pollution to get a few woodchips out of complex biodiversity

    Before the leftovers of the cellulose factory (forest 'plantations') in this area are incinerated, a copious cocktail of pesticides is applied.

    #pesticides #air #SprayDrift #water #soil #health #crucial #starane #AssociatePulse #PileBurning #biodiversity #wildlife #FCNSW #TuckersNobSF #Bellingenshire #BellingenLogging ##Gleniffer #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities

  23. Forestry - The production of toxic pollution to get a few woodchips out of complex biodiversity

    Before the leftovers of the cellulose factory (forest 'plantations') in this area are incinerated, a copious cocktail of pesticides is applied.

    #pesticides #air #SprayDrift #water #soil #health #crucial #starane #AssociatePulse #PileBurning #biodiversity #wildlife #FCNSW #TuckersNobSF #Bellingenshire #BellingenLogging ##Gleniffer #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities

  24. Forestry - The production of toxic pollution to get a few woodchips out of complex biodiversity

    Before the leftovers of the cellulose factory (forest 'plantations') in this area are incinerated, a copious cocktail of pesticides is applied.

    #pesticides #air #SprayDrift #water #soil #health #crucial #starane #AssociatePulse #PileBurning #biodiversity #wildlife #FCNSW #TuckersNobSF #Bellingenshire #BellingenLogging ##Gleniffer #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities

  25. Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm

    The government's Forestry Corporation of NSW is still polluting the Bellingen, Gleniffer and Repton area with toxic smoke. Wet piles and the green timber piles are smouldering. After a cocktail of pesticides was applied, the wet piles with green timber were set alight and are left smouldering for days, maximising the toxic smoke pollution over a wide area.

    These negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity (cellulose) causes a harmful effect to a third party.

    It appears that the Forestry Corporation and EPA evade or pass responsibility and the many concerned residents ring 000 and overburden the small Gleniffer Bushfire Brigade now...

    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161346
    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161349

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care

    Image: Tuckers Nob SF smouldering after pesticide applications

  26. Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm

    The government's Forestry Corporation of NSW is still polluting the Bellingen, Gleniffer and Repton area with toxic smoke. Wet piles and the green timber piles are smouldering. After a cocktail of pesticides was applied, the wet piles with green timber were set alight and are left smouldering for days, maximising the toxic smoke pollution over a wide area.

    These negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity (cellulose) causes a harmful effect to a third party.

    It appears that the Forestry Corporation and EPA evade or pass responsibility and the many concerned residents ring 000 and overburden the small Gleniffer Bushfire Brigade now...

    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161346
    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161349

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care

    Image: Tuckers Nob SF smouldering after pesticide applications

  27. Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm

    The government's Forestry Corporation of NSW is still polluting the Bellingen, Gleniffer and Repton area with toxic smoke. Wet piles and the green timber piles are smouldering. After a cocktail of pesticides was applied, the wet piles with green timber were set alight and are left smouldering for days, maximising the toxic smoke pollution over a wide area.

    These negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity (cellulose) causes a harmful effect to a third party.

    It appears that the Forestry Corporation and EPA evade or pass responsibility and the many concerned residents ring 000 and overburden the small Gleniffer Bushfire Brigade now...

    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161346
    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161349

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care

    Image: Tuckers Nob SF smouldering after pesticide applications

  28. Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm

    The government's Forestry Corporation of NSW is still polluting the Bellingen, Gleniffer and Repton area with toxic smoke. Wet piles and the green timber piles are smouldering. After a cocktail of pesticides was applied, the wet piles with green timber were set alight and are left smouldering for days, maximising the toxic smoke pollution over a wide area.

    These negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity (cellulose) causes a harmful effect to a third party.

    It appears that the Forestry Corporation and EPA evade or pass responsibility and the many concerned residents ring 000 and overburden the small Gleniffer Bushfire Brigade now...

    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161346
    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161349

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care

    Image: Tuckers Nob SF smouldering after pesticide applications

  29. Toxic smoke pollution maximising harm

    The government's Forestry Corporation of NSW is still polluting the Bellingen, Gleniffer and Repton area with toxic smoke. Wet piles and the green timber piles are smouldering. After a cocktail of pesticides was applied, the wet piles with green timber were set alight and are left smouldering for days, maximising the toxic smoke pollution over a wide area.

    These negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity (cellulose) causes a harmful effect to a third party.

    It appears that the Forestry Corporation and EPA evade or pass responsibility and the many concerned residents ring 000 and overburden the small Gleniffer Bushfire Brigade now...

    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161346
    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161349

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #COPD #AirQuality #breathing #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #NSW #EPA #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance #care

    Image: Tuckers Nob SF smouldering after pesticide applications

  30. Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2

    Negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity causes a harmful effect to a third party.

    Bushfire smoke: There is no safe level of exposure. >
    theconversation.com/how-to-pro

    Hundreds died from the effects of smoke inhalation caused by Australia’s 2019-2020 black summer bushfires and many more are likely to have long-term health issues." >
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    "Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease." >
    sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161346

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #TheGreatkoalaNationalPark #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #EPA #COPD #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance

    Image: Forestry Corporation signage: Smoke Hazard, Roses Rd., Gleniffer

  31. Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2

    Negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity causes a harmful effect to a third party.

    Bushfire smoke: There is no safe level of exposure. >
    theconversation.com/how-to-pro

    Hundreds died from the effects of smoke inhalation caused by Australia’s 2019-2020 black summer bushfires and many more are likely to have long-term health issues." >
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    "Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease." >
    sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161346

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #TheGreatkoalaNationalPark #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #EPA #COPD #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance

    Image: Forestry Corporation signage: Smoke Hazard, Roses Rd., Gleniffer

  32. Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2

    Negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity causes a harmful effect to a third party.

    Bushfire smoke: There is no safe level of exposure. >
    theconversation.com/how-to-pro

    Hundreds died from the effects of smoke inhalation caused by Australia’s 2019-2020 black summer bushfires and many more are likely to have long-term health issues." >
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    "Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease." >
    sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161346

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #TheGreatkoalaNationalPark #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #EPA #COPD #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance

    Image: Forestry Corporation signage: Smoke Hazard, Roses Rd., Gleniffer

  33. Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2

    Negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity causes a harmful effect to a third party.

    Bushfire smoke: There is no safe level of exposure. >
    theconversation.com/how-to-pro

    Hundreds died from the effects of smoke inhalation caused by Australia’s 2019-2020 black summer bushfires and many more are likely to have long-term health issues." >
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    "Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease." >
    sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161346

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #TheGreatkoalaNationalPark #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #EPA #COPD #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance

    Image: Forestry Corporation signage: Smoke Hazard, Roses Rd., Gleniffer

  34. Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 2

    Negative externalities occur when the consumption or production of a commodity causes a harmful effect to a third party.

    Bushfire smoke: There is no safe level of exposure. >
    theconversation.com/how-to-pro

    Hundreds died from the effects of smoke inhalation caused by Australia’s 2019-2020 black summer bushfires and many more are likely to have long-term health issues." >
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    "Breathing polluted air may do more than harm your lungs — it could also increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease." >
    sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

    Fire-induced health impacts by the Forestry Corporation of NSW Pt 1 >
    mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1161346

    #Pollution #Smoke #HealthHazards #FCNSW #forestry #harm #TheGreatkoalaNationalPark #PineCreekStateForest #TuckersNobSF #Bellingenshire #Gleniffer #NSW #EPA #COPD #AirQuality #SacrificeZone #extractivism #LoggingIndustry #NegativeExternalities #governance

    Image: Forestry Corporation signage: Smoke Hazard, Roses Rd., Gleniffer

  35. An intact Great Koala National Park reduces fire risks

    Some mainstream media, politicians and the logging industry see Australian flora and fauna as one big ' firebomb' that needs logging urgently.

    "...A logged forest is at much greater risk of burning at higher severity than intact forests that have not been logged. Logged forests are at significantly greater risk of high-severity wildfire than intact (unlogged) forests." David Lindenmayer, Ecologist
    >> (paywall)
    smh.com.au/national/the-great-
    #BushFires #deforestation #landclearing #biodiversity #ThegreatKoalaNationalPark #NSWLogging #LoggingImpacts #fires #VestedInterests #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #BellingenShire #risks

  36. An intact Great Koala National Park reduces fire risks

    Some mainstream media, politicians and the logging industry see Australian flora and fauna as one big ' firebomb' that needs logging urgently.

    "...A logged forest is at much greater risk of burning at higher severity than intact forests that have not been logged. Logged forests are at significantly greater risk of high-severity wildfire than intact (unlogged) forests." David Lindenmayer, Ecologist
    >> (paywall)
    smh.com.au/national/the-great-
    #BushFires #deforestation #landclearing #biodiversity #ThegreatKoalaNationalPark #NSWLogging #LoggingImpacts #fires #VestedInterests #LoggingIndustry #BellingenLogging #BellingenShire #risks

  37. Forests, roads and mega fires
    "More roads are associated with more fires"

    "A problem arises when forest managers look at forests exclusively “through the lens of timber and dollar signs on trees."
    >>
    grist.org/wildfires/wildfire-p

    Char Miller, "Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning" (Oregon State UP, 2024)
    >>
    osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/
    #LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #NSWLogging #roads #bushfires #timber #extractivism #thinning #PrescribedBurns #FireSuppression #megafires #colonialism #CounterNarratives #IndigenousPeoples #CulturalBurning #ecology

  38. Forests, roads and mega fires
    "More roads are associated with more fires"

    "A problem arises when forest managers look at forests exclusively “through the lens of timber and dollar signs on trees."
    >>
    grist.org/wildfires/wildfire-p

    Char Miller, "Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning" (Oregon State UP, 2024)
    >>
    osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/
    #LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #NSWLogging #roads #bushfires #timber #extractivism #thinning #PrescribedBurns #FireSuppression #megafires #colonialism #CounterNarratives #IndigenousPeoples #CulturalBurning #ecology

  39. Fixing outdated environmental laws (the EPBC Act)
    Destruction as usual ?

    “Australians are tired of the bush being bulldozed and burnt and elected a government that will act on nature and on climate." They expect "sweeping changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC) in the next 18 months."

    "The past failures, combined with the approval of major fossil fuel projects and the rushed passage of laws to protect Tasmania’s salmon industry, have environmentalists worried about Labor’s second term."

    "Environmental organisations also want an end to the “climate blindness” of Australia’s environmental laws, an end to loopholes such as the effective exemption granted to logging under regional forest agreements, and a clearer focus on what’s needed for the recovery of threatened species."

    "Corporate Australia needed to “leave its bludgeons at the door” as the process started afresh."

    "Ending habitat loss was the “bottom line outcome”, ...meaning that native forest logging and agricultural land clearing must be addressed in some form."
    >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #EPBCAct #BiodiversityCrisis #biodiversity #ClimateBreakdown #GHG #FastTrackApprovals #extractivism #destruction #SamuelReview #LoggingIndustry #landclearing #FossilFuels #CorporateAustralia

  40. Deal to protect Australia's native forests blocked amid 'bullying' claims

    "Australia has the highest rate of mammalian extinction in the world, it is the only developed nation declared a deforestation hotspot and there are more than 2,200 species listed by the Commonwealth as threatened with extinction. A new deal would have protected what remains of the nation's forests." >>
    au.news.yahoo.com/deal-to-prot

    Anthony Albanese kills last-ditch environmental protection laws with crossbench
    "The prime minister has been bullied by the mining and logging lobby again. The Greens want to get laws that would actually provide some protection for nature, but Labor couldn't even entertain protecting forests and critical habitat in an extinction crisis.">>
    abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/alb
    #NSWLogging #loggingIndustry #governance #deforestation #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #biodiversity #Australia #koalas #ResourceFrontiers #ExtinctionCrisis

  41. Deal to protect Australia's native forests blocked amid 'bullying' claims

    "Australia has the highest rate of mammalian extinction in the world, it is the only developed nation declared a deforestation hotspot and there are more than 2,200 species listed by the Commonwealth as threatened with extinction. A new deal would have protected what remains of the nation's forests." >>
    au.news.yahoo.com/deal-to-prot

    Anthony Albanese kills last-ditch environmental protection laws with crossbench
    "The prime minister has been bullied by the mining and logging lobby again. The Greens want to get laws that would actually provide some protection for nature, but Labor couldn't even entertain protecting forests and critical habitat in an extinction crisis.">>
    abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/alb
    #NSWLogging #loggingIndustry #governance #deforestation #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #biodiversity #Australia #koalas #ResourceFrontiers #ExtinctionCrisis

  42. Australia-wide ban on native-forest logging?

    "The Greens have dropped their demand for a climate trigger to be incorporated in the government’s stalled Nature Positive legislation, indicating they are now prepared to pass the bills in return for a Australia-wide ban on native-forest logging alone."

    “Closing the legal loopholes that allow large-scale native forest logging and land clearing to go unassessed will have tangible impacts for the protection of critical habitat in Tasmania, NSW, and northern Australia, where deforestation is out of control."
    >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #loggingIndustry #NSW #ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityCrisis #NaturePositive #NatureNegative #plantations #deforestation #ResourceFrontiers #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #extractivism

  43. Australia-wide ban on native-forest logging?

    "The Greens have dropped their demand for a climate trigger to be incorporated in the government’s stalled Nature Positive legislation, indicating they are now prepared to pass the bills in return for a Australia-wide ban on native-forest logging alone."

    “Closing the legal loopholes that allow large-scale native forest logging and land clearing to go unassessed will have tangible impacts for the protection of critical habitat in Tasmania, NSW, and northern Australia, where deforestation is out of control."
    >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #loggingIndustry #NSW #ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityCrisis #NaturePositive #NatureNegative #plantations #deforestation #ResourceFrontiers #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #extractivism

  44. End the destruction of native forests by logging now

    "Pressure is mounting on the NSW government to end its logging of the proposed Great Koala National Park immediately. Logging by the government-owned Forestry Corporation inside its proposed boundaries has intensified...Native state forests are public assets belonging to everyone in our state..."
    >
    smh.com.au/politics/nsw/this-a ($ wall)
    #LoggingImpacts #loggingIndustry #NSW #NSWLogging #BiodiversityCrisis #FCNSW #MidNorthCoast #BellingenLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #koalas #governance #ResourceFrontiers #SacrificeZone

  45. End the destruction of native forests by logging now

    "Pressure is mounting on the NSW government to end its logging of the proposed Great Koala National Park immediately. Logging by the government-owned Forestry Corporation inside its proposed boundaries has intensified...Native state forests are public assets belonging to everyone in our state..."
    >
    smh.com.au/politics/nsw/this-a ($ wall)
    #LoggingImpacts #loggingIndustry #NSW #NSWLogging #BiodiversityCrisis #FCNSW #MidNorthCoast #BellingenLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #koalas #governance #ResourceFrontiers #SacrificeZone