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Latest news: Water Pollution

Stormwater loaded with microplastics from car tyres

Stormwater loaded with microplastics from car tyres

Tiny toxic particles from tyres are polluting the stormwater that flows into Australian waterways, but scientists say there are simple solutions available.

Sick, skinny snakes loaded with forever chemicals

Sick, skinny snakes loaded with forever chemicals

Sick, skinny snakes loaded with forever chemicals

Sick, skinny snakes loaded with forever chemicals

Wild tiger snakes in Perth appear to be suffering the effects of exposure to long-lived, toxic PFAS chemicals.

Aussie lake among world's worst for plastic pollution

Aussie lake among world's worst for plastic pollution

Aussie lake among world's worst for plastic pollution

Aussie lake among world's worst for plastic pollution

A new international study has found some freshwater lakes are more affected by microplastics than the ocean, with one in Australia among the most polluted.

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Parisians will be able to swim in the Seine by 2025

Parisians will be able to swim in the Seine by 2025

The main river flowing through Paris was deemed too polluted to swim in 1923, but there are hopes it will be cleaned up by 2025 in time for the Olympics.

Seaweed trial to suck out Barrier Reef nitrogen nasties

Seaweed trial to suck out Barrier Reef nitrogen nasties

Seaweed filters have been installed off Queensland in a bid to improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef and thwart the spread of a destructive starfish.

Pastoralists and traditional owners in fear of fracking

Pastoralists and traditional owners in fear of fracking

Traditional owners and Rallen Australia, which owns cattle stations in the Beetaloo, are worried a mining company is breaching its own environmental plan.

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