Toxic Dump Uncovered Beneath Children’s Playground

From the Taranaki Daily News by Kirsty Johnston: “Toxic chemicals have been found at a children’s playground in Marfell, the site of a New Plymouth’s former city dump. The chemicals were tetrachlorobenzene and trichlorophenol, both used in the manufacture of herbicides, Taranaki Regional Council director of environment quality Gary Bedford said yesterday. Workers laying a…

Toxic Dump Uncovered Beneath Children’s Playground

From the Taranaki Daily News by Kirsty Johnston: “Toxic chemicals have been found at a children’s playground in Marfell, the site of a New Plymouth’s former city dump. The chemicals were tetrachlorobenzene and trichlorophenol, both used in the manufacture of herbicides, Taranaki Regional Council director of environment quality Gary Bedford said yesterday. Workers laying a…

New Zealand’s Deadliest Roads: 61 Deaths so far this year

Source Stuff.co.nzBy Jonathon Howe – Manawatu Standard “The first two months of 2009 have been the bloodiest on record for Central District roads, with the area accounting for more than a quarter of New Zealand’s road deaths. Of the 61 people killed on New Zealand roads this year, 17 died in the Central Police District,…